PATRICIA AHO LEAVING DEP
Patricia Aho is leaving DEP and going to work for Senator Collins. I, for one, am very disappointed to hear this. In my view, she has been an excellent administrator, with respect for Maine laws, and also Maine people. She will be very difficult to replace!
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on September 1, 2015 at 9:13am
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Having heard testimony presented to the ENR, several times by her subordinates that are project or division leaders of a subject (however it is relegated), that is twisted, deceiving, or outright lies, through their lack of knowledge or laziness to do the work only relying on the industry figures, she has at times presented information based on her subordinates "say so". She was chastised for providing more time for public testimony in at least one incident. Though I can not defend her resulting answers, when common sense would dictate questioning results that seemingly always go toward an applicants favor. I have to wonder how much misinformation she has been provided from others in rule creation or has been used by the committees to sway the legislature in law creation that we need to correct.
When trying to do the "Right" thing, it is hard to make informed decisions when the truth remains inaccessible due to those you trust to gather the correct factual information. It is possible she has found out this betrayal and has decided to step away, as surely her new position is only a lateral move or lesser. Though more representative of the people to a Federal Senator.
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Comment by Kathy Sherman on September 1, 2015 at 1:42am
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Except for Vinalhaven/Fox Island Wind which NO ONE who should care about noise impacts upon themselves or wildlife should forget. I have been impressed with more recent integrity, but not with the blunt admission that she has no idea what numbers of birds and bats are being killed by wind turbines in Maine. She did indicate that someone under her authority had the numbers and she may have made vague promises to get those numbers to committee.
I do give her great credit in so far as she tried to get the legislature to amend important criteria for wind energy facilitiy impacts, and great credit for DEP's defense against cumulative impacts. I cannot give her credit for allowing the noise violations that were well predicted to her department and proven to her department in Vinalhaven to all of a sudden be deferred to the Town/local for enforcement. The permit came from Maine DEP; they wrote the conditions that are ineffectively enforced, and the locality has a huge conflict of interest as well as very limited ability to monitor or enforce.
So mixed record- first few weeks take a lot to make up for.
I am glad that she is not revolving to Bain or SunEd or vitriolic Green Enviro like UCS. Hope she can get collins on a good path to lead the 'downunders' in southern New Engl, and get spurious mandates out of the way.
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Comment by Eskutassis on August 31, 2015 at 9:37pm
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Yes, but she might have some clout with Senator Collins.
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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
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"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."
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