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U.S. Rep. Bishop to listen to landowners about Sabal Trail pipeline

Maybe Lowndes County Commissioners can ask Rep. Austin Scott (GA-08)
to do what Dougherty County Commissioners have successfully asked
Rep. Bishop (GA-02) to do: those two Congressional districts
cover the entire Georgia part of the proposed path of that methane pipeline.
And maybe they could help Greenlaw
get the FERC scoping period extended and get the GIS data from
Sabal Trail.



Carlton Fletcher wrote for the Albany Herald yesterday,

U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop to take part in pipeline listening session:
Metting called to address safety, other concerns surrounding controversial natural gas pipeline,

Two Dougherty County Commissioners and one of their former
colleagues who is running to rejoin them have scheduled a listening
session at 10 a.m. Thursday with U.S. House District 2 Congressman
Sanford Bishop to discuss the proposed Sabal Trail Transmission Gas
Pipeline project and a planned accompanying Continue reading →

WALB on Spectra about that AL-GA-FL natural gas pipeline



Maps and video about

that pipeline public hearing in Dougherty County.
Spectra does have per-county maps and has finally doled them out.
What did Lee County do to make the pipeline avoid it entirely?
And what about Georgians even getting to use that natural gas?


Devin Knight wrote for WALB
Sep 16, 2013 6:14 PM EDT Updated: Sep 21, 2013 6:14 PM EDT,

Dougherty County residents ask for pipeline to be re-routed,



“Why not go ahead and put a tap in, or whatever you call it so we
could utilize that gas instead of just being a transit through our
area,” Lyle said.

WALB didn’t record an answer, but stay tuned, Spectra heard him.

Unfortunately, Commissioner Lyle is also now singing Spectra’s tune: Continue reading →

Spectra speaks about that AL-GA-FL natural gas pipeline

One of the

promised public hearings
appeared within a week,
and the pipeline company made all sorts of promises and emphasized
how busy and important it is.
The pipeline rep caused opposition from a second county commissioner,
and inadvertently revealed some possible means of opposition.

Carlton Fletcher wrote for AlbanyHerald.com 16 September 2013,

Spectra official discusses natural gas pipeline,



Brian Fahrenthold, the state and local government affairs director
for Houston-based Spectra Energy, assured commissioners and
landowners impacted by the pipeline that his company will
“meet or exceed all safety standards” required by
federal officials during construction of the $3 billion project that
will, when completed, send 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per
day into Florida from central Alabama.

“We’re in the early rows of activity right now, and this is a
marathon,” Fahrenthold said. “We operate close to 19,000
miles of pipeline in the United States, and we have an outstanding
safety record. Almost 15 percent of the natural gas used in the
United States flows through our system.”

Fahrenthold answered questions from commissioners and from members
of the public during a lengthy public hearing, assuring those
gathered at the downtown Government Center Spectra is open to any
pipeline route alterations that are viable.

“We keep hearing that there is an alternate route being
proposed by some (landowners) in the community, but we haven’t seen
it,” Fahrenthold said. “If there is such a route
proposal, we’re open to it.”

Well, that’s cute: he says
landowners should band together and do the pipeline company’s
work for it.
How about we start by demanding to see Spectra’s current route maps?

And look at this!
Remember

Commissioner Ewell Lyle spoke up for closely monitoring
the pipeline and noted it wasn’t just a local issue?
Spectra listened: Continue reading →