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Call to Action by State Representative Darrel Bush Ealum

August 1, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Environment, GeorgiaAlbany, compressor, Darrel Bush Ealum, Dougherty County, Economy, environment, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Nathan Deal, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Now’s the time to ask your state legislators to help Rep. Ealum oppose Sabal Trail’s proposed fracked methane pipeline. Here’s a handy table of all the Georgia state House and Senate members from the counties along the proposed pipeline path.

You may want to mention the August 7th deadline for comments to GA-EPD about the proposed Albany compressor station.

And don’t forget to call Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and sign the petition to him, and you can still ecomment to FERC.

Urgent Alert

Call to Action by State Representative Darrel Bush Ealum (PDF)

Darrel Bush Ealum, State Representative, Georgia House District 153 met with Governor Deal to discuss the serious environmental and cumulative impact that the proposed SABAL Trail transmission line and compressor station will have on the posed nine counties it will pass through in Georgia.

Governor Deal was Continue reading Call to Action by State Representative Darrel Bush Ealum →

August 7th deadline to comment to GA-EPD about Sabal Trail Albany compressor station

August 1, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, GeorgiaAir Protection Branch, Air Quality Permits, Albany Compressor Station, compressor, Department of Natural Resources, Dougherty County, GA DNR, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Get your comments in ASAP to GA-EDP about the proposed Sabal Trail Albany compressor station air quality permit: the deadline is Friday August 7th. As Roger Marietta suggested, you can ask for a public hearing, as well.

That’s the same date WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. will be sending a petition for a hearing to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection about FL-DEP’s intent to issue a permit for Sabal Trail to gouge through Florida waters, including boring under the Suwannee, Santa Fe, and Withlacoochee (central) Rivers. WWALS got an extension until that date. Anyone who wants to help with that, please contact wwalswatershed@gmail.com.

Don’t forget to call Georgia Governor Deal and sign the petition to him.

EPD Public Advisory for the Week of July 6, 2015 (PA0715-2), Continue reading August 7th deadline to comment to GA-EPD about Sabal Trail Albany compressor station →

Comment to GA-EPD on Sabal Trail air quality permit application by 2015-08-08

July 25, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Environment, Georgia, LawAir, air quality, Albany, compressor, Dougherty County, environment, Eric Cornwell, GA EPD, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Law, Roger Marietta, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

An air quality permit for the proposed Albany compressor station is one of many local and state permits FERC requires Sabal Trail to get. This is a big one, because no compressor station, no pipeline.

Roger Marietta remarks:

You can email Georgia EPD prior to August 8th GA EPD: eric.cornwell@gadnr.org re: application # 23350 (Air Quality Permit Application) focus on methane and other toxic gases leaking and being blown off during pressure releases and unburnt gases and CO2 from the continuously running compressor station power turbines. Ask for a public hearing as well.

Recommend you send more than one comment and focus on a different issue each time.

Copy spectrabusters@gmail.com on your ecomment to GA-EPD and we’ll probably blog it.

And don’t forget to call GA Governor Deal and sign the petition to him.

Do it now, or you may hear that compressor sound in your sleep.

-jsq

Do not allow Sabal to profit at the expense of thousands of people in our region –Winfred J. Dukes, GA House District 154

July 21, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Ethics, Georgia, Law, Safetycompressor, Dougherty County, Ethics, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Law, Safety, SpectraBusters, Winfred J. DukesJohn S. Quarterman

The state representative for Albany wrote to FERC today: “It is difficult to persuade anyone to settle in a community where billions of cubic feet on methane gas are being released annually.” Other elected and appointed officials can do the same. And you can still ecomment to FERC and ask Governor Deal to oppose Sabal Trail like he opposes the Palmetto pipeline. You and your elected and appointed officials can write like Winfred Dukes did:

The proposed Sabal pipeline will have a devastating economic impact on our community. It will cause a decline in property values. It will halt the investment the city and others have made in that area. It will impact the health of our citizens. Do not allow Sabal to profit at the expense of thousands of people in our region.

Filed with FERC as Accession Number: 20150721-5028, “Comment of Winfred J. Dukes under CP15-17.” Continue reading Do not allow Sabal to profit at the expense of thousands of people in our region –Winfred J. Dukes, GA House District 154 →

Extend the Sabal Trail comment period for up to 90 days –Albany, GA to FERC

July 21, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Ethics, Georgia, Law, SafetyAfrican-American, Albany, compressor, Dorothy Hubbard, Dougherty County, economic justice, environmental justice, Ethics, Georgia, Indian Creek, John S. Quarterman, Law, Oakridge, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, WinterwoodJohn S. Quarterman

~~This is~~ See also the Dougherty County Commission letter referenced in the WFXL news story. Remember, you can still ecomment to FERC and ask Governor Deal to oppose Sabal Trail like he opposes the Palmetto pipeline.

Filed with FERC 21 July 2015 as Accession Number: 20150721-5039, “Comment of City of Albany responding to Sabal Trail’s letter dated July 16, 2015 under CP15-17.”

City of Albany
POST OFFICE BOX 447
Albany, Georgia
31702-0447
DOROTHY B. HUBBARD
MAYOR Continue reading Extend the Sabal Trail comment period for up to 90 days –Albany, GA to FERC →

Bad new compressor location, and need 90 days more comment period –Dougherty County Commission to FERC

Go Dougherty! Where are the rest of our County Commissions with their concerns about Sabal Trail suing their citizens, drilling test wells, and preparing to bore under our rivers, fields, forests, and near our schools and homes? You can still contact them, and Governor Deal, and ecomment to FERC.

Follow this link to the text of the Albany letter and here’s news by Tracey Smith, WFXL, 20 July 2015, County commissioners take united stand against Sabal Trail,

At Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting, every board member signed a letter to send to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

While members of the board have Continue reading Bad new compressor location, and need 90 days more comment period –Dougherty County Commission to FERC →

Call GA Gov. Deal, boycott Florida tourism, say Dougherty County leader

July 19, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Environment, Explosion, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Hazards, Leak, Noise, SafetyAir, Albany, compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Florida, Florida Power and Light, Florida Tourism Commission, FPL, Georgia, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, Nathan Deal, Politics, Roger Marietta, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

Call the Georgia Governor, ecomment to FERC, and boycott Florida Tourism, Albany and Dougherty County leaders ask.

Call Georgia Governor Nathan Deal today!

(404) 656-1776

Remember to sign the petition Continue reading Call GA Gov. Deal, boycott Florida tourism, say Dougherty County leader →

You will hear that Sabal Trail compressor sound in your sleep –June Burr

July 19, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Explosion, Georgia, Hazards, Leak, SafetyAlbany, compressor, Dougherty County, Education, explosion, Georgia, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, June Burr, leak, NASA, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Thomas SwainJohn S. Quarterman

And it’s within a few miles of a school, notes Bishop June Burr, retired NASA engineer. As videographer Thomas Swain says:

Bishop Burr is well heeled on emission standards and the potential with potential calamities associated with pumping stations. PAY ATTENTION!

Continue reading →

Albany and Dougherty County, GA leaders meet to stop Sabal Trail

July 18, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, FERC, Georgia, Hazards, Safety, WaterAir, Albany, compressor, Dorothy Hubbard, Dougherty County, Economy, FERC, Georgia, Hazards, John Hayes, John S. Quarterman, Mayor, Roger Marietta, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Sanford Bishop, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Tracey Smith, Water, WFXL, Winfred DukesJohn S. Quarterman

Polite complaints to FERC, even demands, aren’t working, not even from elected officials at every level, city (Albany), county (Dougherty), state (Georgia), and federal. Now they are escalating to demonstrations and flooding FERC with comments while getting in the news.

Tracey Smith, WFXL, 9 July 2015, Top leaders meet to stop the Sabal Trail,

For years local leaders have been fighting against the Sabal Trail pipeline and the compressor station set to be built in Albany and Dougherty County. Now it’s time for the final push against the project.

Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard, Georgia State Representative Winfred Dukes, County Commissioner John Hayes, Albany Commissioner Roger Marietta and other top leaders all got together in one room, for one reason: to stop the Sabal Trail from happening.

Their concerns range from Continue reading Albany and Dougherty County, GA leaders meet to stop Sabal Trail →

This compressor station is a terrible injustice against this community –Gloria Gaines 2015-07-11

July 18, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Ethics, Georgia, Law, SafetyAfrican-American, compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, environmental justice, Ethics, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Law, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Thomas SwainJohn S. Quarterman

Nobody says it better than Dougherty County native Gloria Gaines, this time at the protest last Saturday at the Albany Sabal Trail office.

This is a terrible imposition on this majority African-American community….
It is a terrible environmental justice against this community. And I’m just happy to see all the people out here today, because they clearly understand: if we don’t want this in our community, that we must stand up and say so….
This is our beloved Dougherty County and we’re all fighting Continue reading This compressor station is a terrible injustice against this community –Gloria Gaines 2015-07-11 →