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Albany wells in Sabal Trail’s path

June 19, 2015Dougherty County, FERC, Hazard, WaterAlbany, Dougherty County, FERC, Hazard, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Water, water supply, wellsJohn S. Quarterman

Does FERC care about Albany and Dougherty County’s water supply?

Filed with FERC 19 May 2015 as Accession Number: 20150519-5141, “Letter of concern for City of Albany’s water supply under CP15-17”:

City of Albany
POST OFFICE BOX 447
Albany, Georgia
31702-0447
Via Electronic Filing
May 19, 2015
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N.E., Room 1A
Washington, D.C. 20426
RE: Southeast Market Pipelines Project
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
Docket No. CP15-17-000
Docket No. CP14-16-000
Docket No. CP14-554-000
Dear Secretary Bose:
We wish to point out a special feature Continue reading Albany wells in Sabal Trail’s path →

Sabal Trail at worst spot –expert in Gainesville Sun

March 23, 2014Economy, Environment, Explosion, FERC, Florida, Law, Martin County, Safety, Suwannee County, Waterdrinking water, Economy, environment, explosion, FERC, Florida, Floridan Aquifer, FPL, Gainesville, John S. Quarterman, Law, limestone, Martin County, NextEra Energy, property rights, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Santa Fe River, sinkhole, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, spring, Suwannee County, Water, wells, wetlandsJohn S. Quarterman

Florida newspaper reporters are not buying the pipeline company’s spin. Instead they write about the fragile limestone that holds our drinking water in the Floridan Aquifer, damage to which can easily turn a spring into a sinkhole. Wednesday, the Orlando Sentinel about Spectra’s safety record, and today Morgan Watkins wrote for the Gainesville Sun, Expert: Pipeline would cross Santa Fe at the worst spot,

Standing along the bank of the Santa Fe River near the riverside house in southern Suwannee County his family has owned since 1967, Kevin Brown pointed to the spot where a natural gas pipeline is expected to cross underneath the ground.

But Brown’s brother David, a geologist, and other concerned folks hope to persuade the company leading the project to select what they consider a safer crossing point….

The river and the surrounding area is pockmarked with springs and sinkholes. Exposed limestone — a crumbly, fractured rock — Continue reading Sabal Trail at worst spot –expert in Gainesville Sun →

Fracking unsafe in at least four states

January 29, 2014Fracking, Hazards, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginiadrilling, Fracking, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, Ohio, Pennsylvania, SpectraBusters, Texas, transparency, wells, West VirginiaJohn S. Quarterman

If it’s so safe, why is it so hard to find out how safe it is? And why did injecting toxic chemicals into ground water ever get approved? Since methane leaks out of pipelines and compressor stations, as well as wells, it’s time to stop fracking and pipelines and get on with solar and wind power.

Kevin Begos wrote for AP 5:20 p.m. EST January 5, 2014, 4 states confirm water pollution from drilling

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In at least four states that have nurtured the nation’s energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen.

The Associated Press requested data on drilling-related complaints in Continue reading Fracking unsafe in at least four states →