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Risks and realities of a project Risks and realities of a project and why we must stop it! and why we must stop it!

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Sabal Trail Pipeline. Risks and realities of a project and why we must stop it!. Sabal Trail Pipeline Route. Impacted GA Counties : - Stewart (Lumpkin), Webster (Preston) - Terrell (Dawson), Lee (Leesburg) - Dougherty (Albany), Mitchell (Camilla) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Risks and realities of a project Risks and realities of a project and why we must stop it!and why we must stop it!

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Impacted GA Counties:

- Stewart (Lumpkin), Webster (Preston)- Terrell (Dawson), Lee (Leesburg)- Dougherty (Albany), Mitchell (Camilla)- Colquitt (Moultrie), Brooks (Quitman)- Lowndes (Valdosta)

More maps available at www.spectrabusters.org

Sabal Trail Pipeline Route

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Sabal Trail Transmission LLC is a joint venture of Spectra Corp and NextEra Energy

They were awarded the 465-mile interstate project in July 2013 by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL)

Estimated cost of the project is > $3 billion

The planned in-service date for the pipeline is May 2017

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A 36 inch pipeline would be used for this project

The pipeline would run for 196 miles through Georgia

It would carry >1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day

A survey study of 600 feet would be taken to allow for future pipeline route refinements “if necessary”

An easement of 100 feet would be acquired from landowners along the route

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Fossil fuels are finite resources Natural gas boom caused by fracking:

contamination of groundwater methane emissions health concerns

Without fracking there would be no Sabal Trail Pipeline!

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Justification for Sabal Trail pipeline: To help cities like Tampa switch from coal and oil to natural gas? Energy alternatives in the “sunshine state”?

Growing LNG export market in Florida: Currently 2 permitted export stations 4 more facilities are reportedly under review

Energy Independence?

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The project “will create significant jobs ... as well as add capital investment and tax base to all three states.”

The pipeline “will increase energy diversity, security and reliability to southeastern markets”, while providing “clean-burning, affordable natural gas.”

“Sabal Trail is dedicated to safe operation”; “our safety programs exceed regulatory requirements”; “pipeline will operate in accordance with federal safety requirements (DOT / PHMSA)”; “we will monitor the pipeline 24/7”; …

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At least 144 serious pipeline accidents nationwide since 2010 (as of 10-14-2014)

Spectra Energy alone responsible for > $8 million in property damage (according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)

Spectra Energy fined > $15 million for spills at 89 pipelines sites Spectra Energy has a poor maintenance and monitoring record

Knifely, Kentucky / 2-3-2014Enon, Louisiana / 6-18-2013

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Companies may utilize “eminent domain” under the Natural Gas Act

A 100 foot wide easement will be claimed

Landowners loose the right to use this easement as they see fit (no trees or dwellings)

Landowners will continue to pay property taxes on the virtually useless easement

Land will decrease in value

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Concerned Citizens have the right to file complaints or submit questions to FERC!

This can be done electronically or in writing. To file a complaint electronically go to www.ferc.gov

Go to “Documents and Filings”, then to “eComment”. Fill out the required information and you will receive an email with a link to a comment form.

Search and select Docket Number PF14-1 and enter your comments. The more of us object to this pipeline, the better!

Written comments should be mailed to:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)888 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20426

Questions for Sabal Trail LLC & FERC

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What is the position of Sabal Trail LLC on fracking, property rights, and its so-called “safety record” as outlined above?

Why has Sabal Trail been unwilling to provide copies of the maps they displayed or lists of affected landowners?

How many fail safe and manual valves will be involved and what is the distance between them?

Have any elected officials or corporations petitioned for this line to run through our state? What is the amount of revenue to the state of Georgia that will come from this pipeline?

Are there any contracts to supply Georgia businesses or residents from the proposed pipeline?

Questions for Sabal Trail LLC & FERC

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What type of liability insurance does Sabal Trail LLC have in case of any accidents?

The top cover on a 36-inch pipeline should be at least 5 feet, yet in some areas Sabal Trail only seems to provide 3 feet. Why?

The proposed Sabal Trail pipeline would run underneath rivers like the Santa Fe, through areas of karst topography, and above the Floridan aquifer. Can Sabal Trail guarantee the safety of our rivers, ground water aquifers and drinking water?

Is lack of justification of energy need by Florida sufficient for FERC staff to recommend denying a permit for the Sabal Trail pipeline?

Sabal Trail justifies the need for this project based upon consumer demand. When will we see an accurate breakdown of the actual demand and the distribution of supply?

How much of the natural gas from the proposed pipeline will be exported?

Questions for Sabal Trail LLC & FERC

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Sabal Trail's Draft Resource Report 10 (RR10) estimates a maximum of about 6,000 acres to produce an equivalent amount of solar power. Yet FERC at a scope meeting in Moultrie, GA states the pipeline itself would require 13,000 acres of land. How can the conclusion of RR10 that solar would need more land than the pipeline be valid?

Moreover, how can Sabal Trail's RR10, which assumes solar power would require newly-cleared acres, be taken seriously when most solar installations go on rooftops or on already-cleared land?

Is lack of justification by the applicant for the pipeline, the availability of less expensive solar power, the need of less land for solar than for a pipeline, as well as far less environmental risk of solar versus natural gas, sufficient for FERC staff to recommend denying a permit for the Sabal Trail pipeline? If not, why not?

Questions for Sabal Trail LLC & FERC

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