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Suwannee County Gas Pipeline Alert

March 13, 2014Florida, Suwannee County, WaterDavid Hannah, Florida, Ichetucknee Alliance, Ichetucknee River, Ichetucknee River Estates, John S. Quarterman, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson Santa Fe River, Our Santa Fe River, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee County, Suwannee River, Withlacoochee RiverJohn S. Quarterman

Seen on Our Santa Fe River and Ichetucknee Alliance facebook pages today. Spectra Energy also proposed the Sabal Trail methane pipeline to go under the Withlacoochee River a second time just before it goes under the Suwannee River to enter Suwannee County. Why not just cross the Suwannee upstream of Ellaville where the Withlacoochee meets the Suwannee? Because that’s where Stephen Foster Folk Culture State Park is. Maybe the Withlacoochee, Suwannee, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers are also important to the culture of the entire area.

Gas Pipeline Alert:
Tuesday, March 18th, 6 pm, Suwannee County BOCC

North Central Florida, here is the next public meeting about Sabal’s gas highway in Suwannee County, cutting under a Springshed in the Santa Fe River, about 1/2 mile from the confluence of the Ichetucknee River.
Speak to Board about your concerns with a gas highway through Suwannee County and the Santa Fe River, near the Ichetucknee River (.66 miles away from the confluence). Fill out a card to speak when you arrive. You will have 3 minutes to address the Board. read more here: http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/suwannee/x787212730/Suwannee-County-Commission-meeting-agenda-for-March-18-2014
SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
JUDICIAL ANNEX BUILDING
218 PARSHLEY STREET SOUTHWEST
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064
TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR March 18, 2014, 6:00 P.M.
“14. Discuss Sabal Trail gas line. (David Hanna) 5 minutes”

The Alliance opposes any new pipelines in these areas –Ichetucknee Alliance to FERC

December 27, 2013Economy, FERC, Florida, Hazards, Safetyaccidents, aquifer, birding, Coffee Spring, Columbia County, damage, Economy, fatalities, FERC, Florida, Floridobia mica, FWC, Hazards, Ichetucknee Alliance, Ichetucknee River, Ichetucknee River Estates, Ichetucknee River Springs, Ichetucknee Siltsnail, Ichetucknee Springs State Park, injuries, jobs, John S. Quarterman, limestone, porous, property, Safety, SpectraBusters, springs, taxpayers, Three Rivers EstatesJohn S. Quarterman

Filed with FERC 17 December 2013 and on the Ichetucknee Alliance facebook group:

Lucinda F Merritt, Fort White, FL.
The Ichetucknee Alliance (http://ichetuckneealliance.org) opposes placement of any new natural gas pipelines under, over or through the 5.5-mile long Ichetucknee River, including the area of Ichetucknee Springs State Park, the area of Columbia County that is included in the historic riverbed (the Ichetucknee Trace), and any part of the Ichetucknee Springshed.

The Alliance opposes any new pipelines in these areas for the following reasons.

The river and springs, including Ichetucknee Springs State Park, are Continue reading The Alliance opposes any new pipelines in these areas –Ichetucknee Alliance to FERC →

Ichetucknee River Estates Landowners Association against the Sabal Trail pipeline

December 23, 2013Economy, Florida, Suwannee CountyBranford, Darryl Marshall, David Hanna, Economy, Florida, Ichetucknee River, Ichetucknee River Estates, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Santa Fe River, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra’s Sabal Trail pipeline wants to cross either the Ichetucknee River or the Santa Fe River in Florida, and a landowners association where those two rivers meet doesn’t want that.

Morgan Watkins wrote for Gainesville.com 24 October 2013, Contracts for natural gas pipeline through Florida get initial OK,

Ichetucknee River Estates in Branford is one of the neighborhoods through which the pipeline is slated to run. Darryl Marshall, a neighborhood resident, is helping circulate a petition that opposes routing the pipeline through the residential community. The petition has around 25 signatures and he expects to have 70 or 80 by early November.

Marshall, a retired police officer, is worried about the impact on local wildlife as well as on the community as a whole.

“When I retired, I wanted to go Continue reading Ichetucknee River Estates Landowners Association against the Sabal Trail pipeline →