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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 →

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 →

Protect our community from Sabal Trail –Beacon Baptist Church to Albany Mayor Hubbard

September 29, 2014California, Compressor, Dougherty County, Explosion, Kanawha County, Manitoba, Oklahoma, San Mateo County, West VirginiaAlbany, Beacon Baptist Church, California, Canada, compressor, Dorothy Hubbard, Dougherty County, explosion, John S. Quarterman, Jon Gosa, Kanawha County, Manitoba, Oklahoma, Otterburg, Rosston, Sabal Trail Transmission, San Bruno, San Mateo County, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, West Virginia, WinnipegJohn S. Quarterman

Received today. I added the links and illustrations and a few [notes]. -jsq

Copy of Letter sent to Albany Mayor Hubbard on behalf of Beacon Baptist Church opposing pipeline: Hello Mayor Hubbard,

I am writing to you on behalf of Beacon Baptist Church located at 5818 Newton Rd., Albany Ga. directly across from the proposed site for the Sabal Trail/Spectra Energy compressor station and pipeline route. We are asking you, as the Mayor of Albany, to take action in protecting our community by opposing the Sabal Trail/Spectra Energy pipeline. We have contacted County Commissioners and reached out to your office on several occasions about this issue. We have done extensive research compiling a list of some 6095 people across the US that have been negatively affected by Sabal Trail/Spectra Energy and other related pipelines. We have cited the numerous safety violations of Sabal Trail/Spectra Energy and the enormous fines that have been levied against them. It is our deep concern that after 51 years at our current location, Continue reading Protect our community from Sabal Trail –Beacon Baptist Church to Albany Mayor Hubbard →