DEP is god?
First Wind has submitted the attached condition compliance application for conditions 5 (financial capacity) and 6 (decommissioning) of Department Order #L-25973-24-A-N/L-25973-TG-B-N. The application was been accepted as complete for processing on January 6, 2015.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Dan Courtemanch
Environmental Specialist
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Bingham Wind Project Application
Email: BinghamWindProject.DEP@maine.gov
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Comment by alice mckay barnett on January 12, 2015 at 8:37pm
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was been?
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BASED on the above findings of fact, and subject to the conditions listed below, the Department makes the following conclusions pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A. Sections 480-A et seq. and Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act:
A. The proposed activity will not unreasonably interfere with existing scenic, aesthetic, recreational, or navigational uses.
B. The proposed activity will not cause unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment.
C. The proposed activity will not unreasonably inhibit the natural transfer of soil from the terrestrial to the marine or freshwater environment.
D. The proposed activity will not unreasonably harm any significant wildlife habitat, freshwater wetland plant habitat, threatened or endangered plant habitat, aquatic habitat, travel corridor, freshwater, estuarine, or marine fisheries or other aquatic life.
E. The proposed activity will not unreasonably interfere with the natural flow of any surface or subsurface waters.
F. The proposed activity will not violate any state water quality law including those governing the classifications of the State's waters.
G. The proposed activity will not unreasonably cause or increase the flooding of the alteration area or adjacent properties.
H. The proposed activity is not on or adjacent to a sand dune.
I. The proposed activity is not on an outstanding river segment as noted in 38 M.R.S.A. Section
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Ask DEP, they are the one and only answering service. Even Maine Supreme Judicial judges are not sure if they can rule against DEP ruling. DEP lies in the applications. Who can make them stop it?
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Comment by Penny Gray on January 8, 2015 at 5:31pm
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I read it, skimmed through, what struck me were two things:; this was a requirement for First Wind to restore the construction site if they don't complete the project and I couldn't find any reference to requiring that the funds for the restoration of the site (which was nearly five million dollars not including turbines) having to be set aside in advance. So, if the developer (LLC) declares bankruptcy and walks away, what then?
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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
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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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