Tag Archives: Department of Natural Resources

LTE opposing GA-DNR giving away easements to Sabal Trail –FrK, WWALS, GA Sierra Club

September 21, 2015Georgia, Law, WaterDepartment of Natural Resources, easement, Flint Riverkeeper, GA DNR, Georgia, Jeff Sinyard, John S. Quarterman, Law, license, Mark Woodall, S. Gordon Rogers, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sierra Club, Spectra Energy, Water, WWALS Watershed CoalitionJohn S. Quarterman

And you can contact other GA-DNR board members, send them comments, or go to the meeting Wednesday morning 9AM in Atlanta. -jsq

Jeff Sinyard represents southwest Georgia on the Board of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. He is our voice on that very important and powerful Board.
Sabal Trail Pipeline needs easements granted by the DNR Board to pass under key southwest and south-central Georgia rivers and creeks. Elsewhere in Georgia, over to the east and on the coast, Governor Deal’s DOT recently blocked the use of eminent domain for a gas and diesel pipeline. The Governor Continue reading LTE opposing GA-DNR giving away easements to Sabal Trail –FrK, WWALS, GA Sierra Club →

Building the pipeline would endanger the quality of the ecosystem –Rosanne Lewis

August 6, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Environment, FERC, Georgia, Treescompressor, coyote, deer, Department of Natural Resources, Dougherty County, environment, FERC, GA DNR, Georgia, gopher tortoise, John S. Quarterman, pileated woodpeckers, quail, SpectraBusters, Trees, turkey, wetlandsJohn S. Quarterman

Will Spectra sue to avoid protecting gopher tortoises like it challenged a fine for not protecting the western toad? Here’s a comment on We are outraged…:

As a resident of Dougherty county, Georgia, I feel it imperative that I voice my opposition to the proposed path of the Sabal pipeline through the property behind my home. The land where the proposed pipeline is to be located is home to several endangered species, as well as several areas of wetlands. In walking the property during the winter months, we have seen gopher tortoises, Continue reading Building the pipeline would endanger the quality of the ecosystem –Rosanne Lewis →

We are outraged about a proposed gas pipeline cutting through our property!! –Sarah Phillips to GA-DNR

August 5, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Environment, Georgia, Treesair quality permit, church, compressor, deer, Department of Natural Resources, Dougherty County, ducks, Education, environment, GA DNR, Georgia, gopher tortoises, habitat, John S. Quarterman, pileated woodpeckers, ponds, Religion, school, SpectraBusters, stewards, treasure, Trees, wetlands, wild turkeyJohn S. Quarterman

Yes, how about a public hearing run by GA-DNR where Sabal Trail actually has to answer questions in public? GA-DNR may not publish comments about that proposed Sabal Trail air quality permit, deadline August 7th, but we asked for citizens to copy SpectraBusters for publication, and this one did.

From: Sarah Phillips
Date: August 4, 2015 at 2:26:52 PM EDT
To: eric.cornwell@gadnr.org
Subject: Application #23350
Mr. Cornwell, I am a resident of Dougherty County, and we own the land behind our house through which Sabal Trail proposes to clearcut a wide swath to run their natural gas pipeline. These 800 acres are a habitat for several gopher tortoises, a few pileated woodpeckers, wild turkey, ducks and deer. We have wetlands and wet weather ponds. We are good stewards of this land, and we treasure it. We are outraged about a proposed gas pipeline cutting through our property!!

Dougherty County is the only Continue reading We are outraged about a proposed gas pipeline cutting through our property!! –Sarah Phillips to GA-DNR →

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 →

Sabal Trail delays formal FERC filing until “sometime later this year”

October 16, 2014Alabama, Economy, Environment, FERC, Florida, Gilchrist County, Law, Tallapoosa CountyAlabama, Andrea Grover, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Natural Resources, Economy, environment, FERC, filing, Fish and Wildlife, Florida, Gilchrist County, John S. Quarterman, Law, permit, SpectraBusters, Tallapoosa County, USACEJohn S. Quarterman

Sabal Trail has backed off its end-of-October FERC filing target, now saying “sometime later this year”. Opposition is having some effects!

Robert Hudson wrote for alexcityOutlook.com 1 October 2014, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, where Sabal Trail proposes to start its hundred-foot gouge through three states, Company preparing to submit natural gas pipeline application to FERC, Continue reading Sabal Trail delays formal FERC filing until “sometime later this year” →