In the latest example of gross negligence during the construction of a natural gas pipeline, construction workers for Florida Southeast Connection (FSC) Pipeline —which is the connecting pipeline that will eventually merge with the controversial Sabal Trail Pipeline at a compressor station in Central Florida—are shown spilling drilling fluid, and possibly diesel fuel into an active water-body and wetland—inevitably contaminating Florida’s delicate aquifer and main source of drinking water.
In shocking video obtained by Truth Against The Machine—and captured originally by Florida resident and water protector Mitch Allen—construction workers can be seen dumping the contaminated water into a private cattle pasture two miles down the road from their construction site. Alarmingly, it appears that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) helped them cover it all up.1
The video shows PSC Rockford, the company installing the 126-mile FSC Pipeline, improperly contained fuel tanks, drilling fluid recycling machines, and other vital equipment designed to keep the environment as untarnished as possible.
Due to the careless containment, diesel fuel and other contaminants spilled into Wetland 25 and Water-body 02B (off of US 17/92 in Loughman, Florida). In February, fluids also spilled into the storm drain system at one of the construction sites, known as the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) site—further endangering the private wells and the Floridan aquifer system that provides 60 percent of Florida’s drinking water.
Truth Against the Machine – Mario Diaz – 06/07/2017
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