reflections on the BEP rulemaking noise hearing

Folks
yesterday   was  a  good , sobering  and  crucial  day  for our  cause .
A good day
after the  losses  of the  BEP and  Law Court  permit appeals for both Rollins and Roxbury in 2009, valiantly argued  By  Lynne  Williams  and  Rufus  Brown, the CTFWP  had decided  at  his  February meeting in 2010 to start pushing for BEP  noise rulemaking . 
We started to shape the suggestions  for  noise  regulations  in March 2010.
Attorney Rufus Brown , Doctor Michael Nissenbaum and  Rick James wrote the language in the summer of  2010 and  the  petition was distributed for  signatures collection in August at our  meeting in Freeport.
It was  a nerve  wrecking exercise for all parties  involved .  
a year  later and  still  non perfectly shaped  a week  ago ,  a finely tuned  meeting unfolded  from 8 .30 AM until 6.30PM at the Civic Center . 
A sober  day
If the  new  regulations have  any  chance  to be  considered by the  BEP and  would  finally protect all the people subject to turbine  noise , the gratitude will go to many folks but none  like the courageous victims of current project from Mars Hill , Freedom and Vinalhaven .
It was , at is was  at the legislative hearings ,heart breaking to listen to the Lindgren,  alan Farago, the Bennetts or Wendy Todd .Their  courage to relentlessly share their pain and  being  forced to beg for relief is humbling but also gives us  the determination to  keep fighting for the greater good.
The enormous  contribution done  by Doctor  Nissenbaum in listening , recording and analyzing the data from Mars Hill and Vinalhaven wind turbine  sufferers and of acousticians  Rick James  Robert Rand and Stephen Ambrose to deepen the understanding of turbine sound levels and its relationship with community noise problems will become  part of the epidemiologic history of the complex medico - environmental wind turbine noise problem.
But without funding there  would be  no medico , legal nor acoustical  exposure to the BEP today and our thanks to FMM are without end .
A crucial day 
There is NO DOUBT that we  put the  industry on the defensive , their pleas for opposing the  new  regulations based on the maintenance of their economical wellbeing were  pathetic , shameful, and  quite evident to the board as demonstrated by their many questions pertaining to that subject.
We now  have an educated board , a warned board  and a board that has  to make  a decision.
The turn  -out was heart warming  to me even though so many have only encountered loss , rejection and absurdity .
I would  like to express gratitude to the BEP members who showed patience, inquisitiveness ,and mental clarity.
There  is  no question in my mind that many members have done their  homework as when compared to the Rollins and Roxbury appeal .
Two years  of  work have made a HUGE "wind turbine noise adverse effect" awareness difference , any of you who have  contributed to that effort should  be quite reassured of that fact.
NOW IT REMAIN TO BE  SEEN WHAT THE BOARD WILL DO WITH THAT NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE.
WE WILL KNOW SOON.
 
 
Monique               
     
 
  

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Comment by alice mckay barnett on July 9, 2011 at 11:10am

BEP is still accepting written testimony until July 18 ,2011.  I am sending in proof that 24 of 34 receptors on Saddleback Ridge were blind-sided.  There are people living with-in impact zone and they did not know Industrial Wind was planned until we, the citizen's told them.

Alos sending over 100 names of Dixfield residents who live in the impact zone and do not want Turbine neighbors.

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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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