ME AquaVentus floating windfarm federal review is starting. Critical pub mtgs in St George 2/28/17. Help prepare/be there!

The federal process has begun for the UMaine's Maine Aqua Ventus (MAV) project to build a pair of full scale floating wind turbines off Monhegan. Please help us have the greatest impact possible at the three coming meetings on ensuring it not threaten birds, the View, and shellfish - particularly lobster larvae.

On February 28 and March 1,2017 the US Dept of Energy will hold three scoping sessions:

* Two on Feb 28 at St. George Fire Dept meeting room. 2 to 4:00 pm and 7 to 9:00 pm.
Location: , 3 School Street, Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860.

* One on March 1, 2017 at Monhegan Island School, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
Location:1 Monhegan Avenue, Maine 04852.

Meetings Purpose. Scoping Sessions. Attendees tell officials hosting the meeting what issues they consider important to be considered when preparing an Environmental Assessment. In the DOE's words: it is
" seeking public comments to help define the scope of environmental impacts and issues to be addressed in the EA". Issues to consider : What is at risk? What will be bettered? What will change among birds, fish, marine mammals, if the floating turbines are installed in state waters two-three miles off Monhegan?

US Dept of Energy (DOE) webpage on the Monhegan plan  *  DOE's NEPA Process webpage incl. "scoping" meetings.   

BACKSTORY
2009
February 14, 2009  Monhegan waters designated at Offshore wind test center Chapter 270. An Act To Facilitate Testing and Demonstration of Rene...

2010
February 16, 2010 AUDIO. Monhegan Offshore Wind Test Area proponents Jake Ward (gesturing), ...

* May 17, 2010 The Legal Record from appeal of Dept of Conservation's selection of... between the Department of Conservation, MDEP, coastal program, the governor's office and the DeepCwind Consortium. and others. These Illuminate the decisionmaking that resulted in decision to site Maine's offshore wind test center- ultimately off Monhegan.

July 27, 2011 Superior Court Decision by now-Supreme Judicial Court...

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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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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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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