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Gas Pipeline Alert: OSFR attended the Suwannee County BOCC meeting on Tuesday….

Gas Pipeline Alert:
OSFR attended the Suwannee County BOCC meeting on Tuesday. Dave Hanna, representing the Ichetucknee River Estates Property Homeowner’s Association IREPHA, did an excellent job discussing the problems with trenching for a 36″ gas transmission pipeline in the forested neighborhood next to the Santa Fe River. After listening to Mr. Hanna, the Commission asked their Attorney, Jimmy Prevatt, to draft a letter to Sabal and FERC to ask them to remove it from the 33rd Road corridor route, a springshed, and find an alternate route. Dave Hanna and OSFR has given Mr. Prevatt information to support this move.

An independent professional geologist, who just so happens to have grown up in this neighborhood and understands the complexity of this hydro-geological phenomenon, is nearly complete with a peer reviewed technical survey of the tenuous karstic conditions of the Santa Fe River and this location as compared to other similar locations on the River itself.
When we receive the copy, we will post it here. It is intended for the scoping meetings that will begin next week for our area.

The Suwannee County BOCC was poorly attended, but effective nonetheless.

The Gilchrist County meeting several weeks ago was very good with attendance and comments. Gilchrist is nearly done with their letter to the FERC; when we get it, we will share it here.

Please consider sending your own letter into the FERC portal www.ferc.gov search for PF-14-1 and make an ecomment.

FERC has told me that the Santa Fe River area has been the most resistant to the proposed route. With good reason, I say. It is a terrible location.
In fact, the entire proposed pipeline through the State of Florida is ripe with problems, this is our Springs Heartland they are trying to dig into it. We are learning, Sabal Trails is merely an LLC designed to protect itself from future litigation, the real company building the trail is Spectra Energy, and they have numerous violations and fines imposed upon them for pipeline problems, such as explosions and lack of oversight after the pipe is installed into the ground. Please see spectrabusters.org for more information.

When the Gilchrist County BOCC and Levy County representatives asked Sabal representatives about violations and their safety record, the representatives said ‘I don’t know and if the BOCC need more explanation to visit their company’s website!’
Beware, friendly evasive tactics have been Sabal’s character.

Please attend one or more of these scoping meetings:
Monday, March 24, 2014
6:00 PM
Live Oak City Hall
101 White Avenue Southeast
Live Oak, FL 32064
(386) 362-2276

Tuesday, March 25, 2014
6:00 PM
Bell High School
930 South Main Street
Bell, FL 32619
(352) 463-3232

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
6:00 PM
Rainbow Springs Country Club
19330 Southwest 83rd Place Road
Dunnellon, FL 34432
(352) 489-3348


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www.ferc.gov
FERC regulates, monitors and investigates electricity, natural gas, hydropower, oil matters, natural gas pipelines, LNG terminals, hydroelectric dams, electric transmission, energy markets and pricing.

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Gas Pipeline Alert: participate in one or more of the following meetings, there…

Gas Pipeline Alert: participate in one or more of the following meetings, there is a local government meeting in Suwannee County, Live Oak, TONITE!!! 6 PM.
Please share…important gas pipeline meeting updates:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valdosta, 16 March 2014 — Florida forms the field for the
pipeline fight this week, at a Suwannee County Commissioners
meeting and three FERC Scoping Meetings. Plus later a
SpectraBusters panel on the issues.

HTML: http://spectrabusters.org/?p=2100

PDF: http://spectrabusters.org/?p=2107

FERC Scoping Meetings*:

5PM Sabal Trail discussion
Pipeline representatives will be
present.

6PM FERC presentation
about the process
and the pipelines
Docket number PF14-6: Hillabee
Expansion Project
Docket number PF14-1: Sabal Trail
Transmission
Docket number PF14-2: Florida
Southeast Connection

Then citizens can speak
at the podium
Have what you say transcribed by a
court recorder
for the Commission’s administrative
record.

This week’s calendar:

6PM Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Suwannee County
“14. Discuss Sabal Trail gas line.
(David Hanna) 5 minutes”
Fill out a card to speak for 3 minutes
Suwannee County Board of County
Commissioners
Judicial Annex Building
218 Parshley Street Southwest
Live Oak, Florida 32064
(386) 364-3400

*Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Polk County
PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection
Lake Wales Art Center
1099 East Florida 60
Lake Wales, FL 33853
(863) 676-8426

*Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Okeechobee County
PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection
Okeechobee High School
2800 Highway 441 North
Okeechobee, FL 34972
(863) 462-5025

*Thursday, March 20, 2014
Osceola County
PF14-1 Reunion Compressor Station
Hunters Creek Pipeline
PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection
Kissimmee Civic Center
201 East Dakin Avenue
Kissimmee, FL 34741
(407) 935-1412

Or e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov or file online with FERC:
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx
Or call 202-502-8258, or mail written comments to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary;
Federal Regulatory Commission;
888 First St. N.E. Room 1A;
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Use Docket number PF14-1 for Sabal Trail Transmission, or
PF14-2 for Florida Southeast Connection.

Calendar for more Florida next week:
http://spectrabusters.org/calendar/

SpectraBusters Panel:

There’s more to be done so there’s another meeting later

3PM Saturday 29 March 2014
Lowndes County, GA
SpectraBusters Panel
Pipeline? No!

Elected officials and candidates for public office, are
invited to a SpectraBusters panel discussion in Lowndes
County, Georgia. Topics will include potential pipeline
routes, property rights (eminent domain, property values),
water issues (aquifer, sinkholes, springs), whether Florida
even needs more power, better power sources (solar, wind,
conservation, and efficiency), noise, health, and hazards.
A representative from the pipeline company is invited to be
on the panel to present their perspective. SpectraBusters
and allies from all states are invited to attend, and are
encouraged to hold panels elsewhere.

Why: Spectra Energy, which had compressor station leaks in
Maine in January 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 for
decreased property values, permanent destruction, and
hazards of leaks and explosions, when FPL and Spectra and
Duke would profit forever. The gas comes from fracking in
Pennsylvania and Texas, destroying watersheds, farmlands,
and drinking water. Conservation, efficiency, and solar
power are cheaper and bring jobs and energy here where we
need them.

In Conjunction with:

Environmental Awareness Organization of Auburn University
(EAOAU).
https://auburn.collegiatelink.net/organization/eao

Greenlaw protects clean air and water.
http://greenlaw.org/

New York Climate Action Group (NYCAG) the Spectra struggle
(and Williams Transco Rockaway Lateral Pipeline in the
Rockaways of Queens, NY and the LNG port resistance in Long
Beach, NY).

Occupy the Pipeline, who fought the NYC extension on the
Spectra Pipeline.
http://occupythepipeline.blogspot.com/

Our Santa Fe River, protecting our most vital and vulnerable
natural resource…water.
https://oursantaferiver.org/

Sane Energy Project: to fight fossil fuel and nuclear
infrastructure, and encourage renewable infrastructure.
http://www.SaneEnergyProject.org/

Shale Property Rights, formerly Spectra Energy Watch.
http://www.shalepropertyrights.com/blog/

Sierra Club, America’s largest and oldest grassroots
environmental group, exploring, enjoying, and protecting the
environment since 1892.
http://www.sierraclub.org/
http://spectrabusters.org/?p=1901

Stop the Pipeline: No eminent domain, preserve local
character and environment, and pipelines == fracking.
http://www.StopThePipeline.org/

Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.)
Valdosta State U.
http://ww2.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/save/

Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE): clean and
sustainable energy sources.
http://www.wiregrass-ace.org/

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Willacoochee, Withlacoochee,
Alapaha, and Little River Systems in south Georgia and north
Florida.
http://www.wwals.net/

SpectraBusters: We ain’t afraid a no pipeline!
Landowners and others opposed to the Sabal Trail gas
pipeline through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

Contact:
spectrabusters@gmail.com
http://spectrabusters.org/
www.facebook.com/spectrabusters
Garrett Kizer
Lee County, AL
850-420-3854
Danielle Jordan
Lowndes Co., GA
229-300-7422
Beth Gordon
Levy Co., FL
352-528-1111

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