\r\n\r\n\r\nBrooks County commissioners<\/a> unanimously passed a resolution earlier\r\nthis month encouraging Sabal Trail to bury its proposed natural gas\r\npipeline two feet deeper than the three-feet requirements.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>\r\n“We do a lot of farming over here, and that was the loudest\r\nconcern was making sure we try to encourage Sabal Trail to make sure\r\nthey went the extra mile to make sure their investment, and our\r\ncitizens were protected,” said Justin DeVane,\r\n\r\nBrooks County administrator<\/a>. “The pipeline itself is only traversing three\r\nof our five districts and all five of our commissioners were\r\n\r\nreceiving concerns about it<\/a>. So we wanted to make sure that we were\r\ndoing all that we could to ensure that it would not impact any\r\nparticular landowner, or resident as much as possible. We wanted to\r\ntry and prevent any type of disturbances, and that was the action by\r\nthe commissioners.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nTwo counties and counting:\r\n
\r\n\r\nBrooks is the second South Georgia county to adopt a resolution\r\ntrying to lessen the impact of the pipeline on its landowners.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>\r\n“What we did was similar to\r\n\r\nwhat Colquit County did<\/a>. We passed\r\na resolution that has some wording in there that we’re urging them\r\nto use a five-foot minimal cover, instead of the three foot,”\r\nDeVane said. “It’s not a resolution saying they have to do it.\r\nIt’s just a strong recommendation.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nThe article says Brooks County also submitted the resolution\r\nto FERC, but it hasn’t shown up yet on FERC’s ecomment system.\r\n
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<\/a>\r\nLowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter filed\r\n\r\na comment with FERC<\/a> 11 April 2014 with 14 items\r\nSabal Trail would be expected to follow.\r\nThat’s good, but when will\r\n\r\nthe Lowndes County Commission pass a resolution or ordinance<\/a>?\r\n
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