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SpectraBusters leaflets Sabal Trail in Live Oak 2016-04-20

April 21, 2016Compressor, Economy, Environment, Ethics, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Law, Suwannee County, USACEApalachicola Riverkeeper, compressor, Dan Tonsmeire, Earth Ethics, Economy, environment, Ethics, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Gulf Restoration Network, John S. Quarterman, Law, Marion County, Ocala, Our Santa Fe River, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sierra Club, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, St. Johns Riverkeeper, Suwannee County, Suwannee-St Johns Group, USACE, Whitey Markle, WWALS Watershed CoalitionJohn S. Quarterman

“No fracking!” said the students, as nine people protested outside Sabal Trail’s Contractor Fair at RiverOak Technical College, Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida yesterday, 20 April 2016. SpectraBusters, Suwannee-St Johns Group of Sierra Club Florida, and WWALS were among the groups with members on the ground, with the other groups listed on the flyer we were passing out there in spirit to say Shortterm jobs are not worth longterm Sabal Trail risk. Here’s the press release, which was picked up by Valdosta Today.

Many thanks to Continue reading SpectraBusters leaflets Sabal Trail in Live Oak 2016-04-20 →

Sabal Trail Contractor Fairs: Ocala, Live Oak, Albany

April 9, 2016Alabama, Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Florida, Georgia, Marion County, Osceola County, Suwannee County, Tallapoosa CountyAlabama, Albany, Alexander City, compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Kissimmee, Live Oak, Marion County, Ocala, Osceola County, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee County, Tallapoosa CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Update 10 April 2016: And Moultrie, GA April 15th.

Trying to attract local support in counties where it wants compressor stations, Sabal Trail is holding Contractor Fairs, ignoring that:

Suwannee County told Sabal Trail to move the Hildreth Compressor Station.
Suwannee County this week followed Hamilton County in asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to come see what Sabal Trail didn’t tell FERC about sinkholes, springs, underground caverns, plus numerous related pipelines, LNG export operations, and bomb trains schemes.
The Georgia House on March 22 voted by a historic 34 ayes to 128 nays to deny river-drilling easements for Sabal Trail, led among others by Rep. Winfred Dukes of Albany, where Sabal Trail wants to drill under the Flint River and build a compressor station in an environmental justice community.

Look in the dictionary under chutzpah (insolence), and you’ll see Sabal Trail’s picture. Two years ago in Gilchrist County, FL, Sabal Trail admitted Continue reading Sabal Trail Contractor Fairs: Ocala, Live Oak, Albany →

Six rehearing requests to FERC, including from Sabal Trail and Transco

March 19, 2016Alabama, Compressor, Economy, Environment, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Law, Solar, WaterAir, Alabama, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Inc, BREDL, compressor, Economy, environment, FERC, Florida, G.B.A. ASSOCIATES LLC, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Jonathan P. Waters Attorney at Law, Law, solar, SpectraBusters, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC, Water, windJohn S. Quarterman

The pipeline companies want rehearings, apparently because they don’t like the restrictions the FERC order put on them, so maybe we’ll actually see a rehearing. The other four rehearing requests all don’t like what FERC certified Sabal Trail to do, and some have new reasons beyond what was in the FEIS or the docket beforehand. Poor FERC! Nobody likes your Order! How about stop permitting new fossil fuel projects and promote renewable sun and wind power instead?

The six requests for rehearings, including one by Transco and one by Sabal Trail, all conveniently grouped by FERC in a subdocket at the end of the results if you search for CP15-17 in FERC’s Docket Search: Continue reading Six rehearing requests to FERC, including from Sabal Trail and Transco →

Dougherty County upset over eminent domain threat from Sabal Trail

March 15, 2016Compressor, Economy, Georgia, Law, Watercompressor, Doughert County, Economy, eminent domain, final offer, Georgia, Harry James, John S. Quarterman, Law, Percosin Canal, Percosin Lane, Sabal Trail, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

Dougherty County actually read what Sabal Trail is offering and is horrified.

Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald, 14 March 2016, Dougherty County officials upset over Sabal Trail ‘threat’: Pipeline builder makes ‘final offer’ for land before it says it will resort to eminent domain,

Dougherty County commissioners weren’t exactly pleased Continue reading Dougherty County upset over eminent domain threat from Sabal Trail →

Albany, GA caves to Sabal Trail 4-3

March 15, 2016Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Georgia, Law, WaterAlbany, compressor, Dougherty County, easement, Economy, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Law, Lily Pond Road, Roger Marietta, SpectraBusters, Terrell County, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

One vote could have stopped this. One vote could vote out one or more of the four who voted for. Thanks to Roger Marietta for fighting on.

Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald, 15 March 2016, Albany city commissioners agree to Sabal Trail easement payment: Pipeline company to pay city $165,000 settlement for five easements,

The Albany City Commission voted 4-3 at a called meeting Tuesday morning to accept a $165,000 payment from Sabal Trail Transmissions for five easements on city-owned property.

Ward IV City Commissioner Roger Marietta suggested Continue reading Albany, GA caves to Sabal Trail 4-3 →

Where in Suwannee County is the KMI JAX Expansion Project?

January 8, 2016Compressor, Florida, LNG, Safety, Suwannee CountyBradford County, Clay County, Columbia County, compressor, Duval County, Florida, Hildreth, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Expansion Project, John S. Quarterman, Kinder Morgan, KMI, Live Oak, LNG, O'Brien, population, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, St Johns River, Suwannee County, Suwannee River, Union CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Where does this KMI natural gas project start, and where would it connect to Sabal Trail? Back in March 2015, FERC gave Kinder Morgan docket CP15-144 for its Jacksonville Expansion Project, to ship “natural” gas from Suwannee County to Jacksonville, where Jaxport is gearing up for liquid natural gas (LNG) export. KMI’s FERC application explicitly says Sabal Trail can connect if it wants to, and it turns out Sabal Trail’s own Suwannee County map gives us the answer, once we interpret it: Continue reading Where in Suwannee County is the KMI JAX Expansion Project? →

Petition against Sabal Trail by Gulf Restoration Network

November 24, 2015Alabama, Compressor, Dougherty County, Florida, Georgia, WaterAlabama, aquifer, Arkansa River, Chattachoochee River, compressor, Dougherty County, explosion, Flint River, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Restoration Network, Hillel, Johanna de Graffenreid, John S. Quarterman, river, Santa Fe River, sinkhole, SpectraBusters, Suwannee River, Water, wetland, Withlacoochee RiverJohn S. Quarterman

Johanna de Graffenreid, Gulf Restoration Network, 11 November 2015, EPA Warns – Sabal Trail Pipeline Threatens Gulf,

Last week, thanks to the courageous efforts of community members across the nation who stood up to the oil industry in their backyards, President Obama vetoed the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. Unfortunately, there’s no rest for the weary and a new threat to our Gulf is rearing its ugly head. Unless we stand up to Spectra Energy, and the EPA intervenes, the Sabal Trail Pipeline will begin construction in 2016.

There’s more, and a link to a petition to Stop the Southeast Market Pipeline.

Please sign.

“If I am not for myself who is for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?” —Hillel the Elder

Or, as the Texians said at Gonzales, the Georgians at Fort Morris, and the Spartans at Thermopylae:

Come and Take It!

Please sign this petition.

-jsq

Albany against Sabal Sinkhole Trail at GA-EPD air quality hearing

November 20, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Georgia, WaterAir, compressor, Dougherty County, Enon Winkler, environmental justice, Eric Cornwell, Flint River, Flint Riverkeeper, GA EPD, Georgia, Gordon Rogers, Greenlaw, Hank Johnson David Scott, John Lewis, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sanford Bishop, sinkhole, Sinkhole Trail, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Steve Caley, Water, Winfred DukesJohn S. Quarterman

The people don’t want Sabal Trail, nor its compressor station. Nobody but Spectra’s paid person Andrea Grover spoke for Sabal Trail, and she only did it by email later, not at the hearing. Pretty good coverage in three local stories.

Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald, 7 November 2015, Sabal Trail opponents voice concerns to EPD: State officials hold air-quality permitting hearing at Albany Tech,

“There’s a great deal of frustration here because the preponderance of evidence shows that this is a bad project,” [Gordon] Rogers said. “And while we Continue reading Albany against Sabal Sinkhole Trail at GA-EPD air quality hearing →

Confirmed: Resolution against Sabal Trail today at Suwannee County Commission 2015-11-17

November 17, 2015Compressor, Florida, Suwannee County, WaterBeth Gordon, compressor, Debra Johnson, Falmouth Cathedral Cave System, Florida, Hildreth, John S. Quarterman, Outstanding Florida Water, Sabal Trail Transmission, Santa Fe River, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee County, Suwannee River, WWALSJohn S. Quarterman

Suwannee County residents please come speak, and everyone else please come be seen (you can speak, too). Facebook event. Come defend property rights, water, and air in Suwannee County from the Sabal Trail invader, and that helps defend where you are, too.

When: 6PM Tuesday 17 November 2015

Where: 218 Parshley Street Southwest, Live Oak, Florida, 32064