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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

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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

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Another Spectra pipeline, TN-AL-GA Renaissance

October 31, 2013Alabama, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Nuclear, Renaissance Project, TennesseeAlabama, Andrea Grover, Atlanta, Bridgeport, Georgia, Gwinnett County, John S. Quarterman, Lawrenceville, Renaissance Project, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, TennesseeJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra is haunting Atlanta, too! They call it the Rennaisance Project, from Columbia, Tennessee through northern Alabama and north Georgia to Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County.

Staff Graphic for timesfreepress.com by Laura W. McNutt

Ben Benton wrote for timesfreepress.com 13 May 2012, Natural gas pipeline considered for tri-state region,

A high-volume natural gas pipeline could wind across a 230-mile gap from South Central Tennessee through North Alabama and Northwest Georgia on its way to link with a pipeline northeast of Atlanta.

Officials with Houston, Texas-based Spectra Energy Corp. say that, if a green light follows assessments by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal, state and local authorities, the proposed pipeline will connect directly the company’s Texas Eastern system in Columbia, Tenn., to the Transco Interstate pipeline system near Lawrenceville, Ga.

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Non-Landowner stakeholders and agency permits –Sabal Trail

October 30, 2013Florida, GeorgiaAlabama, FERC, Florida, FP14-1, Georgia, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Yesterday Sabal Trail submitted to FERC a gold mine of contact information in the form of Updated Appendices C and D to the Public and Agency Participation Plan for the Sabal Trail Project under Docket No. PF14-1, submitted by Lisa A. Connolly.

Appendix C: Stakeholder List — Non-Landowners Federal, State and Local Agencies

This list includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Mobile, Birmingham, Savannah, and Jackonville thhe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Daphne, Alabama, in Atlanta, Townsend, and Fort Benning, Georgia, and in Vero Beach and Jacksonville, Florida, the EPA, NOAA, and numerous state offices in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, and a long list of Indian tribes.

Appendix D: Agency Permits/Approvals

None of these are actually for permits yet; they’re all for process or consultation.. Agencies listed include FERC, EPA, USACE, USFWS, NOAA, a long list of federally recognized tribes, and state conservation, natural resources, transportation, wildlife, parks, and historic preservation agencies for Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, as well as quite a few TBD (to be determined) contacts for specific counties, including, surprisingly, Tift County, Georgia.

-jsq