Category Archives: Georgia

Sabal Trail intends to enter upon your Property

November 22, 2013Georgia, Laweminent domain, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Law, Sabal Trail Transmission, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

They call this a “Permission Request” yet they say they intend “to enter upon your property”, citing a bunch of legal cases to try to scare you into agreeing. They also say this

But if they actually put a pipeline on your property they are taking your trees and numerous uses away from you and replacing them with a highway for trespassers and poachers and hazards.

Here’s the text of the letter from a PDF of a scanned copy forwarded by a landowner. -jsq

HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
SUITE 4100

500 PEACHTREE STREET N.E.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30308-2216

TEL 404 – 888 – 4000
FAX 404 – 888 – 4190

MATTHEW J. CALVERT
DIRECT DIAL: 404 – B88 – 4117
EMAIL: mcalvert@hunton.com

FILE NO:
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Detailed project overview map from Sabal Trail

November 21, 2013Alabama, FERC, Florida, GeorgiaAlabama, FERC, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra’s filing last Friday with FERC included this PDF overview map that shows more detailed context than was visible in the photographed versions we had before. JPEG image appended for convenience.

More maps will appear in the Draft Resource Report 1 page, extracted from SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 1, General Project Description, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013. Continue reading Detailed project overview map from Sabal Trail →

More about the Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting #2

November 19, 2013Alabama, Florida, Georgia, MeetingsAlabama, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Meetings, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

PDF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valdosta, November 19, 2013 –Find out Saturday morning about the huge pipeline proposed to run through our area. Who benefits (not Georgia citizens). What fines have been imposed on the pipeline company. What are the potential dangers of corrosion, leaks and more. Most importantly, find out what our community can do to stop this pipeline from being built.

When: 10 AM to Noon
Saturday, November 23rd 2013

Where: Valdosta City Hall Annex
300 North Lee Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone:(229) 259-3506

Why: Spectra Energy proposes
a hundred-foot-wide gash through our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail gas pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida Power and Light (FPL) for no benefit to local citizens. A one-time payment is nowhere near adequate for permanent destruction and hazards when FPL and Spectra would continue to profit forever.

Agenda:

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Only 50 feet? Sabal Trail in Alexander City, AL

November 18, 2013Alabama, Dougherty County, Georgia, Lowndes County, Tallapoosa CountyAlabama, Alexander City, Andrea Grover, Anniston, Dougherty County, EPA, Georgia, Lowndes County, PCB, PHMSA, property damage, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Tallapoosa CountyJohn S. Quarterman

How is that “additional 50 feet of construction lane” temporary after you’ve torn down all the trees, Sabal Trail? And the route you’re showing Alexander City goes through Valdosta, while around here you’re telling us a different route. You told a Lowndes County resident you could also build feeder pipelines, yet the Alexander City story doesn’t mention anything about that. Which of your stories should we believe, Sabal Trail?

Robert Hudson wrote for alexcityOutlook.co 13 November 2013, Citizens hear about proposed gas pipeline,

The proposed corridor is 600 feet wide, but once surveys are done, that area will be decreased to some 50 feet.
“At the end of the day, should our project be approved, that comes down to only being 50 feet,” Grover said. “Then there will also be an additional 50 feet of construction lane that will be temporary so that they can build the pipeline in that easement.”

Let’s go back a month and a few hundred miles south to what Brad McEwen wrote in the Albany Herald 20 October 2013, Continue reading Only 50 feet? Sabal Trail in Alexander City, AL →

Landowners oppose intimidation and threats from Sabal Trail

November 17, 2013Georgia, Lowndes CountyCarol Singletary, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Larry Rodgers, Lowndes County, Matthew Woody, SpectraBusters, VDTJohn S. Quarterman

No more, “It caught me off guard.” Landowners are warned now about that pipeline that would cut a 100 foot wide gash through here.

Matthew Woody on the front page of the VDT today, Residents opposed to natural gas pipeline: Concerns about tactics, property damage,

Many landowning residents along the pipeline are either feeling uninformed, or intimidated by Sabal Trail.

Larry Rodgers of Valdosta owns 900 acres in south Lowndes and he allowed Sabal Trail on his property to survey.

“I received a call from a lady, I think her name was Becky, down in Clearwater, Fla., requesting access to my property, and I allowed it,” Rodgers said. “I allowed them to, and I can’t tell you why I did. It caught me off guard. I wasn’t fully aware of all of the facts about the pipeline like I am now, and if I knew then what I know now, I certainly would not have allowed them to survey.”

Rodgers explained that he allowed Sabal Trail access to survey his property because he did not know a lot about the pipeline. But what made matters worse, Continue reading Landowners oppose intimidation and threats from Sabal Trail →

What is that Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting

November 12, 2013Alabama, Florida, Georgia, MeetingsAlabama, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Meetings, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

PDF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valdosta, November 11, 2013— Find out Saturday morning about the huge pipeline proposed to run through our area. Who benefits (not Georgia citizens). What fines have been imposed on the pipeline company. What are the potential dangers of corrosion, leaks and more. Most importantly, find out what our community can do to stop this pipeline from being built.

When: 10 AM Saturday November 16th 2013

Where: Meeting Room B
Clarion Inn Conference Center
2101 W Hill Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone:(229) 242-1212

Agenda:

In the path of the pipeline: landowners and others on why we oppose it
Allies speak (fossil fuel divestment, clean energy, watershed conservation)
Introduction of elected and appointed officials
Slide presentation about the pipeline
Discussion and opportunities to sign up to help

Spectra Energy proposes Continue reading What is that Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting →

Tomorrow morning: Spectra at Lowndes County Commission a month early

November 11, 2013Georgia, Lowndes CountyGeorgia, Lowndes County, Sabal Trail, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

8:30 AM Monday 11 November 2013, 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, GA, according to the Lowndes County Commission Work Session agenda; Nevermind what the front page of the local newspaper of record said two weeks ago. Normally, faster would be better, but not as much if nobody knows about it.

-jsq

Do like drinking anti-freeze? –Blake Clark

November 9, 2013Fracking, Georgia, Health, Lowndes Countychemicals, Fracking, Gasland, Gasland 2, Georgia, Health, John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, SAVE, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, VSUJohn S. Quarterman

On the facebook page 3 November 2013. -jsq

Do you like drinking swimming pool cleaner, table salt, automotive anti-freeze, household cleaners, laundry detergent, hand soap, disinfectants, sanitizers, glass cleaner, or anti-prespirants? NO? Me either, all of these compounds are used in the hydraulic fracturing process (fracking) implemented by Spectra Energy, whom wish to build a pipeline through our county from Alabama to Florida. Join VSU students and Lowndes county members in the viewing of GASLAND part 2. Also, theres an organized movement opposing the new pipeline through our county and state! Spectrabusters.
-Blake Spaghetty Clark

Spectra Compressor meeting at Albany Tech 14 November 2013

November 6, 2013Dougherty County, Georgia, MeetingsJohn S. Quarterman, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Informational meeting for compressor station proposed by Spectra.
Details:

5-7:30 PM 14 November 2013
Kirkland Conference Center
Albany Technical College
1704 S Slappey Blvd
229-430-3520

-jsq

SpectraBusters in Albany Herald

November 3, 2013GeorgiaAlbany Herald, Dougherty County, Gasland, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, S.A.V.E., SpectraBusters, Students Against Violating the Environment, Tim Bland, VSUJohn S. Quarterman

A bit of publicity about pipeline opposition.

Carlton Fletcher wrote for the Albany Herald Friday 1 Nov 2013, ‘Spectrabusters’ opposes 465-mile Alabama-Georgia-Florida natural gas pipeline: A proposed natural gas pipeline through Dougherty County could distribute a billion cubic feet of gas daily, noting under a pipeline map,

The proposed Sabal Trail Pipeline could potentially come through a portion of Dougherty County.

The story did not include this Spectra map of Dougherty County:

In the Albany Herald story:

But if a determined and growing list of landowners in Georgia, Florida and Alabama have a say in the matter, no Spectra Energy-financed shovelful of earth will ever be turned.

A grassroots group calling itself Spectrabusters has grown from common concern over issues surrounding the Sabal Trail Pipeline, and the group clearly states its platform on the spectrabusters.org website: “This site is dedicated to sharing information about the pipeline and working with people from across the area to make sure this unnecessary pipeline is never built.”

The spectrabusters.org website is Continue reading SpectraBusters in Albany Herald →