After
an application for an exemption for the Withlacoochee River
and the Santa Fe River, here’s Sabal Trail’s application to
drill under the Suwannee River in between.
Should we also expect an “HDD CROSSING” permit application
for the Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers?
And watch out, The Villages in Sumter County, Florida!
Sabal Trail has applied for a permit in your county, too. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Suwannee County
Pipeline alternate route still in WWALS watersheds, plus Tifton and Valdosta
The Hillabee alternative route runs right down the middle of the WWALS watersheds, through Worth County, Turner County, Tift County, Colquitt County, Cook County, and Lowndes County in Georgia, and Hamilton County, Madison County, and Suwannee County in Florida. This puts it not only still in the Withlacoochee River watershed, but also in the Little River and Alapaha River watersheds. This route by the pipeline company Sabal Trail Transmission (owned and managed by Spectra Energy) avoids Albany but apparently goes through Tifton and Valdosta and still through Lowndes County before entering Florida in Hamilton County much like Spectra’s preferred route.
This alternate route is the rest of the Option B that was first proposed to Lowndes County residents back in June: Continue reading


