Filed with FERC 25 November 2013:
Sandra Jones, Moultrie, GA.
Sabal Trils representiative Johnny Mendrano refused to give me the name or contact information of his supervisor following a request in writing of assurance the pipeline would not come within approx. 70 feet of my home. Sabal Trails is not working with home and land owners to discuss issues. For this reason, I respectfully request denial from you until this issue can be resolved.
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Filed with FERC 20 November 2013; I added a few links to this web version. -jsq
Carol Singletary, Valdosta, GA.
I am strongly contesting the information provided in the RR1 Sabal-Trail-Project initial Draft PF — final PDF, Accession number 20131115-5084, docket number PF14-1. Sabal Trail has not met their commitments to provide information to me, the property owner. Their filing exaggerated their efforts to contact and respond to property owners concerns.
My impression is the landowner consultations are motivated to extract an agreement from the landowner for the survey. I have submitted questions to Sabal Trail representatives at the October 16th Open House held in Valdosta, Georgia and I am still waiting for a response. I have more information Continue reading Sabal Trail has not met their commitments –Carol Singletary to FERC
Filed with FERC 22 November 2013:
Elaine Mercer, Valdosta, GA.
My husband and I are adamantly opposed to the pipeline which is proposed to run through our property for a variety of reasons including:
Please help us save our land and our community by blocking this pipeline.
- Safety concerns-Spectra Energy has a very questionable safety record with a history of fines by the EPA for leaks and multiple explosions;
- We already have one gas pipeline on our property and believe that we should not be required to basically give up control of even more of our personal property for which we have worked hard to purchase and maintain for yet another pipeline which will further limit the use of our property;
- Our property value would be negatively affected by up 50%;
- Financial-a one time payment is nowhere near adequate for permanent damage, especially when FPL and Spectra would continue to profit forever;
- This pipeline would be of no benefit either to our local community or state.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
Elaine and Jerry Mercer
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Filed with FERC yesterday.
Lisa C. Eaton, Valdosta, GA.
I am a landowner and taxpayer in close proximity to where the Sabal Trail Pipeline (Docket PF-14-1) will be put in place. I am opposed to this pipeline going in near my neighborhood. I am opposed to the pipeline on behalf of my neighbors. I think that alternate routes are available that will not impact this area in Lowndes County, Georgia.
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Filed with FERC yesterday:
April Huntley, Naylor, GA.
The proposed natural gas pipeline by Sabal Trails/Spectra Energy is not in the interest of United States citizens much less the states that it crosses—Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Natural gas and fossil fuel companies are trying to force profits out of a dying industry at the expense of the communities and people’s health and livelihoods in their wake. Fossil fuels are dirty and dangerous sources of energy that FERC should not approve new projects for. We need to conserve our land and water for all people, instead of destroying them for money and profits that cannot replace diminished life.
I ask that docket # PF14-1 not be approved. Please protect the rights of the landowners affected by this pipeline route. Nobody should be forced to have a pipeline as large as 36″ with an explosion radius of 600′ on their land. There are as many as 80 explosions a year from natural gas pipelines causing injury and death to those unfortunate enough to be in the path of one. Natural gas is not a safe alternative fuel as the industry tries to paint the picture. We need focus on renewable energies that are safe for humans and the environment. Exploitation of the environment for corporate profits needs to become a thing of the past!
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Filed with FERC today:
James Rouse Carter, Valdosta, GA.
I am concerned on why the pipeline is only going to be buried 36″ deep? Should not this pipeline be required to be buried as deep as other pipelines in the area?
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Funston gets two maps among many for Colquitt County among the 133 maps from the General Project Description in the 15 November 2013 update to FERC by Sabal Trail Transmission, all now on the SpectraBusters website.
SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 1, General Project Description, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013
Now on the SpectraBusters website:
all the
detailed quad maps from the
Alternatives document in the
15 November 2013 filing with FERC by Sabal Trail.
One map has two different locations for the Albany Compressor Station: Continue reading Detailed alternative route maps by Sabal Trail
Watch out, Valdosta and Tifton! The Hillabee Georgia alternative route avoids Albany and Russell County, Alabama, by starting in Harris County, Georgia, passing through Muscogee, Talbot, Chattachoochee, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Lee, Worth, Turner, Tift, Cook, and Lowndes Counties before entering Florida in Hamilton County much like Spectra’s preferred route. This is the rest of the Option B that was first proposed to Lowndes County residents back in June.
Extracted from Sabal Trail’s one big PDF document, here is PDF and JPG of the Hillabee Georgia alternative route map.
SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 10, Alternatives, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013
http://spectrabusters.org/ferc/pf14-1-sabal-trail-transmission/update-2013-11-15/draft-resource-report-10-alternatives/
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The Florida Panhandle alternative route appears to cross several Georgia rivers by hugging the Georgia-Florida line to avoid the Apalachicola National Forest and the Lake Talquin State Forest in Florida. This looks like the route published in Florida newspapers back in June. It adds Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Conecuh, Covington, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, and Houston Counties in Alabama, and Jackson, Gadsden and Jefferson Counties in Florida.
Extracted from Sabal Trail’s one big PDF document, here is PDF and JPG of the Florida panhandle alternative route map.
SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 10, Alternatives, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013
http://spectrabusters.org/ferc/pf14-1-sabal-trail-transmission/update-2013-11-15/draft-resource-report-10-alternatives/
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