{"id":13875,"date":"2015-08-09T07:10:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T11:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13875"},"modified":"2015-08-09T07:15:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T11:15:18","slug":"hamilton-county-fl-commission-considers-opposing-fl-dep-sabal-trail-permit-2015-07-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/hamilton-county-fl-commission-considers-opposing-fl-dep-sabal-trail-permit-2015-07-21.html","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton County, FL Commission considers opposing FL-DEP Sabal Trail permit 2015-07-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ww05-va-XZA\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ww05-va-XZA\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nLocal resident Chris Mericle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2015\/07\/21\/tonight-hamilton-county-commission-and-fl-dep-sabal-trail-permit\/\">asked his county commission<\/a>\r\nto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2015\/03\/04\/hamilton-county-resolution-to-ban-fracking-in-florida\/\">once again oppose the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline<\/a>,\r\nthis time by opposing a permit\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2015\/07\/19\/fl-dep-to-issue-permit-trusting-sabal-trail-to-prevent-leaks-into-the-floridan-aquifer\/\">the Florida Department of Environmental Protection<\/a> proposes to issue for Sabal Trail to bore under the Suwannee River and other sovereign submerged lands and wetlands of Florida.\r\n<p>\r\nThis time,<!--more-->\r\n\r\n the Hamilton County Commission was not willing to \r\nundertake the expense of fighting this permit.\r\nOne commissioner observed a potential settler in the county\r\nheard about the pipeline and declined to move in.\r\nThey speculated FL-DEP must have had public hearings;\r\nactually no, DEP didn&#8217;t.\r\nThey seemed unaware of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2015\/08\/04\/fl-dep-boosting-fl-gov-scotts-pipeline-investments-floridabulldog\/\">the conflicts of interest involved<\/a>.\r\nThey also hoped somebody else, such as the Sierra Club,\r\nwould oppose the permit.\r\nSierra Club tells me they will not.\r\nHowever, WWALS Watershed Coalition did file a petition for a hearing;\r\nmore on that later.\r\n<p>\r\nThanks to Debra Johnson of Suwannee County for the video.\r\nChris Mericle and I are board members of WWALS, and Debra Johnson is a member.\r\n<p>\r\nThe Hamilton County Commission discussed the situation even though it wasn&#8217;t\r\non their agenda, declaring it an emergency so they could do so,\r\nand taking 18 minutes on the topic.\r\nAnd they interacted with the citizen asking for the discussion.\r\nA bit of a contrast with the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/videos-maz-tabled-naylor-boat-ramp-and-sabal-trail-cwtbh-lcc-2015-07-28.html#CWTBH-John-S-Quarterman\">\r\nhigh-podium no-answer Lowndes County Commission\r\non this same subject<\/a> one week later, allowing 5 minutes to one\r\ncitizen and making no response either in the meeting or after.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/enhance?video_referrer=watch&#038;v=Ww05-va-XZA\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ww05-va-XZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nHamilton County, FL Commission considers opposing FL-DEP Sabal Trail permit 2015-07-21\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Debra Johnson for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nJasper, Hamilton County, Florida.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local resident Chris Mericle asked his county commission to once again oppose the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline, this time by opposing a permit the Florida Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue for Sabal Trail to bore under the Suwannee River and other sovereign submerged lands and wetlands of Florida. 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