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Confirmation of unregistered Sabal Trail Lake City Pipe Yard 2016-07-29
Caught red-handed with an unregistered pipe yard north of Lake City, Florida,
Sabal Trail tried today to make excuses to FERC.
Here’s the response WWALS
filed with FERC today, 29 July 2016,
as
Accession Number 20160729-5198,
“Evidence of unregistered Sabal Trail Lake City Pipe Yard and Request of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. for rescinsion of FERC approval of pre-construction activities under CP15-17-000.” (PDF)
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Continue readingMarty Baum, Indian Riverkeeper, Bruce Ritchie, Politico, before ERC meeting in Tallahassee.
Tallahassee
Comments to ERC regarding proposed toxic chemical rule change
Stop Florida ERC from raising water toxin levels 2016-07-26
Update 2022-12-23: EPA gives Florida 12 months to fix its water quality standards 2022-12-05.
FDEP could have stuck with U.S. EPA’s recomendations for water quality,
but instead did a complicated statistical analysis to excuse raising
the amounts of benzene and other toxins in Florida’s waters.
Drinking, fishing, swimming: all are affected.
The decision may be made
9AM this Tuesday morning, July 26th 2016,
by the
Environmental Regulation Commission (ERC) in Tallahassee.
Please call or write its members, your newspaper or TV stations, or come to the meeting early for the demonstration and then attend (see below for details).
The ERC has cancelled all its other monthly meetings so far this year, yet Continue reading
Sabal Trail Georgia Section 401 Water Quality Permit
Received today from GA-EPD, although they issued it three weeks ago.
Basically, they believed Sabal Trail, with a few requirements,
and issued the permit.
GA-EPD sent three documents, which are inline below with links to the PDF copies that were attached: Continue reading
Management update public hearing, Suwannee River State Park 2016-07-26
Received today from FDEP:
Recreation and Parks Public Hearing
CONTACT: DEP Press Office, 850.245.2112, DEPNews@dep.state.fl.us
DEP’s Florida Park Service is in the process of updating the Unit Management Plan for Suwannee River State Park. Citizens are invited to attend a public hearing to learn more about the proposed plans for the state park and to provide their comments.
Please review the public notice, agenda and draft plan. Copies may also be obtained by emailing Craig.Liney@dep.state.fl.us or calling 386-362-2746. The public is invited to review and submit comments to the Division of Recreation and Parks at FL_StateParkPlanning@dep.state.fl.us until Aug. 10, 2016.
WHAT: Public Hearing
WHEN: July 26, 2016
5-8 p.m.WHERE: Suwannee River Water Management District Complex
9225 County Road 49
Live Oak, FL 32060Continue reading
SRWMD listens about Sabal Trail easements, chooses unfortunately, yet offers assistance 2016-07-12
Attached are my comments to the SRWMD Governing Board today (July 12th 2016) in regards to the Sabal Trail crossing site over the Falmouth Cathedral Cave System.
I was the first to speak at the public comment period followed by Jim Tatum then Merrillee. Jim and Merrillee echoed my concerns. The three of us set the tone for the meeting! The Board was interested and engaged asking questions to better understand what impacts Sabal Trail poses for the cave system and the District. About Time!
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of Sierra Club Florida speaking to SRWMD 2016-07-12
Photo credit:
Our Santa Fe River
Executive Director, Noah Valenstein offered to personally call the ACE to request Continue reading
Sabal Trail easements at SRWMD 2016-07-12 and SFWMD 2016-07-14
Tomorrow this morning (Thursday July 14th 2016) Sabal Trail is on the agenda
of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)
for permission to use conservation easements
Sierra Club facebook event
for its fracked methane pipeline.
How does this square with Sabal Trail’s assertions that it already has all the permits it needs?
The irony of meeting for this in West Palm Beach, a stone’s throw from
four already-approved LNG export operations at the end of the Sabal Trail pipeline chain in Martin County.
How does profit for a pipeline company from Houston and LNG export to Asia square with the mission of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection?
If you’re in the area, please write, call, or go, before or by 9AM tomorrow morning to oppose these easements and put a kink in Sabal Trail’s pipeline. Continue reading