BEP will decide on Passadumkeag Wind project on July 18th !!!! PLEASE BE THERE IF YOU CAN !
THE CASE :
1 . DEP position:
In an unprecedented move , Passadumkeag Windpark permit application for 14 turbines on Passadumkeag Mountain was denied by DEP in November 2012 on scenic grounds.
DEP argued that the project will have unreasonable adverse effects on Saponac Pond's scenic qualities where the 14 turbines would be seen from 97 percent of the lake.
2.BEP position
In an equally unprecedented move , in March 2013, the BEP REJECTED the DEP denial obviously wanting to see the project approved .
A MOST ILL INFORMED COMMENT was made by BEP board member, Tom Eastler of Farmington who said he didn’t want to see the review process started over — particularly if it involves public hearings.
“There have already been too many public hearings,” said Eastler. “We know what we’re going to hear. A bunch of the same old, same old.”
IN FACT THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ANY FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING !
3. New DEP position
As directed by BEP , DEP has now written a new revised order approving the project which will be presented to the BEP on July 18 along with comments from the public .
WHAT CAN YOU DO ?
You can attend the BEP hearing on JULY 18 TH , 9:00AM , AT THE FLORIAN HALL , Dept of Public Safety , 45 Commerce Drive , Augusta and show your support for the preservation of beautiful Passadumkeag Mountain and the multiple scenic resources within its viewshed .
here is the BEP agenda http://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/
Thank you
Monique Aniel
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Comment by Martha thacker on July 15, 2013 at 9:09pm
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This does not look good for Bowers Mt.
RICO.
It is time to stop pretending we have representative govt. Stetson Mt wind farm was finished in 2008, Mars Hill before that. Never was any room on the grid for wind farms..they do not produce significant electricity...health hazard..enviormentally unsound.. 19% increase in our electricity bills for transmission lines only needed for wind farms built 5 years ago..with a turbine life expectancy of 20 years or less. ME state govt. is a farce.
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Comment by Sherwin Start on July 15, 2013 at 2:12pm
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AGAIN the Powers to Be are RUNNING ROUGH SHOD over the People of the State Of Maine!!
Did Someone Decxlare Martial Law or Something???
This Is Any thing But a DEMOCRATRIC Society we Live in today in this State!
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
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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