GRAND FALLS TOWNSHIP, Maine — Staff at the state’s top environmental agency recommended the denial Thursday of an application to build a 14-turbine site on Passadumkeag Mountain.
A draft decision filed with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection recommends that a permit for the project be denied. The applicant, Quantum Utility Generation, an alternative energy company based in Houston, “has not made adequate provision for fitting the generating facility portion of the development harmoniously into the existing natural environment,” the document states.
“The development will have an unreasonable adverse effect on existing uses and the scenic character of Saponac Pond,” the draft decision adds.
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