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EPA and Spectra knew about PCBs as early as 1985

February 22, 2014Environment, Hazards, Law, SafetyDuke Energy, environment, Gulfstream Pipeline, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, Law, PanEnergy, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, PCB, peril, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, TETCO, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp, warningJohn S. Quarterman

That was four years before the record 1989 $15 million fine against Spectra (then Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.). What other safety problems does Spectra know that it’s not telling?

Philip Shabecoff wrote for the New York Times 17 March 1987, DATA SHOW E.P.A. DELAYED WARNING ABOUT PCB PERIL

The Environmental Protection Agency knew about PCB contamination at specific sites along the Texas Eastern pipeline as early as the autumn of 1985 but took no immediate action to protect public health at the sites, according to internal agency documents.

Agency officials had said that they were unable to act more quickly to deal with the contamination because they had insufficient information from the company.

In case you’re having trouble following all the name changes, Continue reading EPA and Spectra knew about PCBs as early as 1985 →

Question the Sabal Trail pipeline in Osceola County 2014-02-10

February 6, 2014Economy, Environment, FERC, Florida, Hazards, Law, Osceola County, Solarconservation, Duke Energy, EAOAU, Economy, efficiency, environment, Environmental Awareness Organization of Auburn University, EPA, FERC, Florida, Florida Power & Light, FPL, Hazards, Kissimmee, Law, Monica Martin, Occupy the Pipeline, Osceola County, PHMSA, profit, rate hike, S.A.V.E., Sabal Trail Transmission, Sane Energy Project: Shale Property Rights, Sierra Club, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Stop the Pipeline, Students Against Violating the Environment, WACE, Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy, WWALS Watershed CoalitionJohn S. Quarterman

Update: 10 Feb 2014: Watch it online or go to one of several other upcoming county commission meetings.

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Valdosta, 6 February 2014 — Local landowner Monica Martin will speak to the Osceola County Commission about the proposed Sabal Trail methane gas pipeline and its effects on the aquifer, native wildlife, and the landscape, plus property values and property rights. Other local citizens may also speak in the same "Hear the Audience" section (turn in a "Request to Speak" form before the meeting). Anyone from anywhere can come listen, or protest against the pipeline outside.

When: 1:30 PM
Monday, February 10 th 2014

Where: Administration Building 4 th Floor
One Courthouse Square
Kissimmee, Florida 34741
407-742-2000

Why: Spectra Energy, which had compressor station leaks in Maine last month and in Pennsylvania last year, plus multiple fines by Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for corrosion and leaks, and a record $15 million EPA fine for PCB contamination, 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) and Duke Energy for no benefit to local citizens and rate hikes for FPL customers. A one-time payment is not enough Continue reading Question the Sabal Trail pipeline in Osceola County 2014-02-10 →

This is why SPECTRA wants to keep their landowner list secret….Bronson Dr. opposes pipeline, feels he’s in the dark, can’t get answers, and there is nothing he can do….

January 20, 2014Florida, Hazards, Law, Levy County, Noise, SafetyDuke Energy, Florida Power and Light, FPL, Glenn E. Bryan, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra EnergyBeth Gordon

Terry Witt wrote for Levy County Journal (undated), Bronson Area Property Owner Says Gas Pipeline Just an Atom Bomb (Bronson Word version),

“I feel very violated that they can put an atom bomb through my property,” Bryan said.

I have asked that the writer of this article please put me in touch with the doctor, and to give him my info and the web site info, spectrabusters.org.

Duke plant in Citrus County likely Sabal Trail gas pipe customer

December 15, 2013Economy, Florida, Levy CountyCitrus County, Duke Energy, Economy, FL PSC, Florida, John S. Quarterman, Levy County, nuclear, Sabal Trail Transmission, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Sterling IveyJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra’s Sabal Trail Transmission wants to slice through Alabama, Georgia, and north Florida to get to FPL and Duke gas plants in Florida. That helps explain the Citrus County Pipeline offshoot tacked onto the end of Sabal Trail’s 15 November 2013 update to FERC.

Bill Thompson wrote for the Ocala StarBanner 14 December 2014, Duke Energy to build gas plant tied to Sabal Trial pipeline,

The proposed interstate pipeline that will slice through Marion County in delivering natural gas to an Orlando-area depot apparently has a customer ready.

Duke Energy plans to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in Citrus County, which is expected to be in operation not long after Sabal Trail Transmission LLC, the pipeline builder, completes its 465-mile link to gas reserves flowing through east central Alabama.

Duke Energy spokesman Sterling Ivey said the company had within the past week received six bids to build a facility in Citrus, and it is keeping open the option to do the work itself.

This is the same Sterling Ivey who claimed Continue reading Duke plant in Citrus County likely Sabal Trail gas pipe customer →