NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Please take notice that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public meeting at the Canton Municipal Building, 28 Cross Street, Canton, on Thursday, Ma…

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Please take notice that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will

hold a public meeting at the Canton Municipal Building, 28 Cross Street, Canton, on

Thursday, March 1, 2012, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

. The purpose of the meeting is to

allow the Department to hear the public’s concerns regarding the proposed Canton

Mountain Wind Project.

Canton Mountain Wind LLC (applicant) filed a Site Location of Development

permit application and a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application with the

Department on December 30, 2011, pursuant to the provisions of 38 M.R.S. § 481-490

and 38 M.R.S. § 480-A et seq., respectively, and regulations thereunder, and is also

seeking a Section 401 Water Quality Certification pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1341. The

applications were accepted by the Department for processing on January 13, 2012.

The applicant is seeking approval from the Department to construct a 22

megawatt wind turbine project, including 8 wind turbines, access road, electric

transmission lines, and an Operations and Maintenance building on Canton Mountain in

Canton.

The applications are available for review at the Department’s regional offices in

Augusta during normal working hours or online at the following link:

www.maine.gov/dep/ftp/WindPowerProjectFiles/CantonMountainWind/

. Additionally,

the applications are available for review at the Canton and Dixfield municipal offices.

The Department requests that any questions asked by the public be provided in

writing at the meeting to ensure that each question is specifically addressed by the

Department prior to issuance of a licensing decision. If interested parties wish to provide

additional written comments and questions at a later date, they may do so at their

discretion. Written public comments on the applications may be sent to

Maine

Department of Environmental Protection, 17 State House Station, Augusta, Maine,

04333-0017, Attention Erle Townsend.

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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."

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