Update 2017-03-10: PDF of burning and water well drilling violation complaint sent to FERC, USACE, GA-EPD, and GFC.
Bringing materials from another site to burn is illegal in Georgia, even if they had a permit, which they didn’t, it couldn’t cover open burning of treated ties like Sabal Trail is doing at the Brooks County Industrial Park south of Quitman, Georgia. Georgia Forestry Commission is already on it, and I’m alerting FERC, USACE, GA-EPD, and Brooks County today. The entire Troy yard is right next to a wetland, with three drainage ditches crossing the site.
There’s nothing going on at the Withlacoochee River HDD site in Lowndes County, but they’re shuffling pipe on a Texas Troy truck between Gary Lane Knights Ferry Road, right past a Lowndes County School bus on McGoggle Road.
And why is there Texas well drilling equipment on Knights Ferry Road?
Below are more pictures and a google map showing where I took the picture. Thanks to WWALS member John Horton for noticing the burning and calling Suwannee Riverkeeper and Georgia Forestry Commission.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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Pictures
Troy Access, Brooks County Industrial Park, GA 333, 30.7676560, -83.5602633
Railroad Crossing, Fritzke Drive, 30.7682057, -83.5569752
Pipeline Construction Ahead 30.7685866, -83.5554520
Troy Access, Prospect Dr & Venture Dr, 30.7687042, -83.5546071
Movie: Troy Construction Quitman, GA Facility (176M) 30.7640300, -83.5544160
Gateway Dr. @ GA 333, 30.7599539, -83.5542605
Many white trucks, Foreman Office Only 30.7605747, -83.5529692
Porta-potties, 30.7605747, -83.5529692
Construction equipment and porta-potties, 30.7605747, -83.5529692
More equipment, 30.7630956, -83.5532981
Still more equipment and trucks, 30.7605747, -83.5529692
Portable buildings, 30.7608446, -83.5527042
Fire hydrant, 30.7608446, -83.5527042
ModSpace, 30.7608446, -83.5527042
Electrical connection, 30.7608446, -83.5527042
Smoke visible, 30.7611525, -83.5526951
Storm gutter, 30.7611525, -83.5526951
Sabal Trail along Venture Dr from Gateway Dr, 30.7610119, -83.5523276
Fire hydrant and MV concrete markers, 30.7611525, -83.5526951
Smoky cross 30.7610119, -83.5523276
MV marker on Gateway Dr, smoke behind, 30.7611163, -83.5521486
Houston, TX Troy truck sucking water from fire hydrant 30.7622148, -83.5505297
5000 GAL. WATER TRUCK, Houston, Texas, US DOT 488929, TROY, 30.7619444, -83.5502778
Fire hydrant with Tory hose, 30.7622222, -83.5502778
No Trespassing on publicly-owned land, 30.7618355, -83.5522531
Red plastic sticks, 30.7607951, -83.5532621
Troy shipping containers, 30.7620317, -83.5525043
Piles of poles, 30.7621666, -83.5527104
South drainage ditch, 30.7621666, -83.5527104
Ark Field Services and empty spools, 30.7621666, -83.5527104
Black bags, 30.7624537, -83.5529746
White plastic, green equipment, fire hydrant, porta-pottie, 152256 30.7625581, -83.5529997
Employee Parking, 30.7627302, -83.5531115
No Trespassing, 30.7627302, -83.5531115
More white plastic, 30.7627302, -83.5531115
Many CATs, 30.7630956, -83.5532981
Middle drainage ditch, 30.7632904, -83.5534171
Green light pole, 30.7632904, -83.5534171
Black FX4 truck, 30.7635927, -83.5534758
Car and porta-pottie, 30.7638145, -83.5534514
Dumpsters, 30.7638145, -83.5534514
Another black truck, 30.7642763, -83.5534618
TROY CONSTRUCTION, HOUSTON, TEXAS, and PVC pipes, 30.7642763, -83.5534618
North drainage ditch, 30.7644530, -83.5534752
Black bags of white, 30.7644530, -83.5534752
Racks, 30.7648735, -83.5535462
Ties, 30.7650998, -83.5535024
Racked ties, 30.7650998, -83.5535024
Black truck, burn pile, Cat, 30.7653789, -83.5535715
Movie: Cat stacking burn pile (154M), 30.7653789, -83.5535715
Cat dropping tie on pile, 30.7657241, -83.5535577
Movie: Burn piles and ties (71M) 30.7657476, -83.5535967
Movie: More cat grubbing (46M) 30.7657476, -83.5535967
Movie: Cat pick up sticks (53M) 30.7657476, -83.5535967
Plastic lids on burn pile, 30.7658333, -83.5536111
Ties, lids, hay bales, black and white plastic on burn pile, 30.7658573, -83.5536063
Not natural tree limbs, 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Movie: Closeup black and white plastic, lids, ties on burn stack (42M) 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Movie: Cat sets tie on top of burn pile (64M) 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Cat picks up tie 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Carries tie 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Tie above pile 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Tie drops on pile 30.7658333, -83.5533333
Sabal Trail cross at creek, 30.7673541, -83.5539386
Sabal Trail smoky cross, 30.7674166, -83.5540214
Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Control, 30.7680006, -83.5540245
Ark Engineering, 30.7679955, -83.5540283
Ark Engineering again, 30.7679955, -83.5540283
White and black trucks on Fritzke Dr/Prospect Dr, 30.7679894, -83.5540289
HDD site, Martin Way, Lowndes County, GA, 30.7680692, -83.5585139
Berm, 30.7875867, -83.4453779
RoW marker, 30.7875867, -83.4453779
Drill site, 30.7875867, -83.4453779
Looking south, 30.7875867, -83.4453779
Looking west, 30.7875867, -83.4453779
Tiger Creek downstream, Ousley Road, 30.7895789, -83.4278216
Tiger Creek upstream, Ousley Road, 30.7896038, -83.4277546
Porta-pottie, Sabal Trail, e. of Ousley Road, 30.7684106, -83.4193169
Sabal Trail crossing Ousley Road, looking north, 30.7679320, -83.4191102
Tire, Sabal Trail, Porta-pottie, e. of Ouslie Road 30.7684033, -83.4192375
Tires, trash, Sabal Trail, w. of Ouslie Road, 30.7684843, -83.4192938
Movie: Sabal Trail w of Ouslie Road (13M) 30.7684843, -83.4192938
Troy Rental, Rush Crane Systems, Gary Lane, 30.7635044, -83.4124942
Pipe truck, Gary Lane, 30.7635044, -83.4124942
Obscured R17-1379 Lone Star State license plate, pipe truck, 30.7635044, -83.4124942
Green and red pipe, TROY, Houston, Texas, US DOT 488929, 30.7635044, -83.4124942
Movie: Green and red pipe on Troy truck, Gary Lane (97M) 30.7652375, -83.4158111
Troy pipe truck on Gary Lane, 30.7652375, -83.4158111
Texas 64-344, not same plate as front of Troy pipe truck, 30.7655556, -83.4166667
Gary Lane at Ouslie Road, 30.7651169, -83.4174465
Troy pipe truck turning onto Knights Ferry Road, 30.7436221, -83.4111960
Troy pipe truck, obscured consruction sign, black truck, Knights Ferry Road, 30.7463889, -83.4075000
Lowndes County School Bus, McGoggle Road, Troy Access, Troy pipe truck, 30.7484302, -83.4029359
Lowndes County School Bus, Troy pipe truck, 30.7484951, -83.4027487
Troy pipe truck turning into Sabal Trail on Knights Ferry Road at McGoggle Road, 30.7484390, -83.4021310
Movie: TOPSOIL, Troy Access, porta-pottie, s. of Knights Ferry Road (18M) 30.7483333, -83.4016667
Sabal Trail digging south of Knights Ferry Road, 30.7483333, -83.4016667
Troy pipe truck north of Knights Ferry Road, 30.7483333, -83.4016667
Movie: Pipe swinging, Troy truck approaching (218M) 30.7489660, -83.4014340
Pipe in air, 30.7483943, -83.4018203
Pipe in air next to pipe truck, 30.7483333, -83.4016667
Movie: Set pipe on ground instead of on Troy truck (370M), 30.7483943, -83.4018203
Well drilling equipment, Knights Ferry Road, 30.7485032, -83.4017858
Andrews & Foster, Athens, Texas, US DOT 2095262, 30.7485032, -83.4017858
Looks like vertical water well drilling equipment, 30.7485032, -83.4017858
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