Surprise WWALS attorneys and mounds of Sabal Trail and FDEP documents, yet missing documents, overlooked gopher tortoises, and springs that apparently none of the respondents went to see,
all in these WWALS videos of the first day of the case WWALS brought to defend its members, the Suwannee River, and the Floridan Aquifer against the invading Sabal Trail pipeline and the Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) and Easement to Use Sovereign Submerged Lands (Easement) the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
intends to issue to Sabal Trail.
Petitioner WWALS presented a surprise: two attorneys.
Respondents Sabal Trail and FDEP presented a mound of documents.
That was all in
preliminary matters.
Then Sabal Trail presented its prima facie case,
through its witnesses
David Shammo
and
David Dickson.
Per previous agreement among the parties, WWALS presented out of order
two witnesses,
Tom Edwards
and
Joe “Britt” McClung.
Then Sabal Trail continued with witness
Jim Ambrosino
Towards the end of the day, FDEP’s sole witness
Lisa Prather testified.
Here’s a link to much more information
including vidoes of the other two days of the hearing, and how you can continue to contribute to the IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign for legal expenses (there will almost certainly be an appeal) or join WWALS.
Below are WWALS videos of Day 1, followed by a video playlist.
For more than two years opponents of the Sabal Pipeline have been denouncing the natural gas pipeline project as a threat to North Florida’s groundwater supply and sinkhole-prone geology, only to be waved off by state and federal regulators. It seemed those empowered to protect the people’s interests were not listening.
