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BDN: First ever Maine wind project denied permit by DEP

Maine DEP rejects Passadumkeag wind project

Posted Nov. 09, 2012, at 5:22 p.m.

GRAND FALLS TOWNSHIP, Maine — The Maine Department of Environment Protection has denied a 14-turbine industrial wind site atop Passadumkeag Mountain.

Passadumkeag Wind Park LLC was sent a 45-page decision signed by DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho on Thursday that detailed the department’s decision.

It is the first wind turbine project to be denied a permit by the DEP, said spokeswoman Samantha DePoy-Warren.

“Commissioner Patricia Aho’s denial is consistent with our staff’s recommendation because the applicant has not made adequate provisions for fitting the generating facility of the development harmoniously into the existing natural environment,” DePoy-Warren said in a statement.

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Comment by Brad Blake on November 11, 2012 at 12:04am: Saved!!!

Part of Passadumkeag Mountain from Saponic Pond.

Comment by Brad Blake on November 11, 2012 at 12:00am: Dan, people need to email her to encourage her attendance. Then River Valley folks need to pack the hall and have a string of GOOD speakers. Make good, strong points with nobody rambling on in an incoherent montone. I believe that when she came to the second public meeting for Passadumkeag and saw that there were 100 more people than at the first meeting and she listened (without the dreaded 3 minute limit!), it made a difference. She also toured the area, so she saw first hand the stunning setting of Passadumkeag Mt. across Saponic Pond but also looked in the other direction at 9 of the Rollins Project turbines. Canton will not have a SRSNS as the angle, so all the other arguments need to be well honed.

Comment by Brad Blake on November 10, 2012 at 11:54pm: It is about time that DEP started to interpret the 8 mile scenic setback correctly as it relates to "Scenic Resources of State or National Significance" (SRSNS). They totally ignored it with Spruce Mt./Woodstock for the state purchased preserves of Bald Mt./Speckled Mt. and again with Saddleback/Carthage for Mt. Blue State Park. If a State Park isn't a SRSNS, I don't know what that designation is worth!

Comment by Dan McKay on November 10, 2012 at 5:10pm: Will Commissioner Patricia Aho be attending the upcoming Canton Wind second public meeting ?

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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