Hazleton, Pa. --A week after the Black Creek Township Zoning Hearing Board gave more time to a Sunbury firm looking to build wind turbines on Tomhicken Mountain, dozens of residents attended a township supervisors' meeting to both speak for and against Penn Wind's plans.

Supervisors, however, discussed very little about Penn Wind's plans during the Friday meeting, which was rescheduled from Oct. 6.

Township solicitor Donald Karpowich did note that he and the township engineer are in the process of reviewing revised plans submitted by Penn Wind after supervisors presented the company with a list of concerns. Karpowich expects the review to be finished by next week, and said supervisors will be able to discuss the findings at their next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Sean Purdy of Penn Wind did not speak during the meeting. His company wants to install four turbines in Black Creek and 18 in neighboring Beaver Township, Columbia County.

Joe Cassidy, Mountain Grove, encouraged residents to attend zoning meetings when Penn Wind's plans are discussed. Cassidy said he is concerned that the project would not benefit the township financially. He also said Penn Wind is a "foreign" operation, a claim that Purdy refuted after the meeting. Cassidy also said he's concerned the project will be financed by taxpayers' money.

Karpowich noted that supervisors forwarded 210 concerns about the project to Penn Wind following a recent land development hearing.

"What I'm saying is that they're under a rigourous review," Karpowich said, and noted that supervisors would schedule another hearing on the wind farm next month.

Cassidy's comments were applauded by attendees, as were differing comments from Carl Rittenhouse, Sugarloaf Township. Rittenhouse asked residents to give the project a chance.

"I think they're ugly," Rittenhouse said of the turbines. "But I think they might be necessary."

At the Oct. 22 zoning meeting, the board voted 3-0 to grant Penn Wind an extension from Dec. 31, 2010, to Dec. 31, 2011, to complete construction of the turbines in Black Creek. Penn Wind requested the extension so it could meet 10 conditions set by zoners in June.

Penn Wind also plans to build an electric substation and meteorological tower, and install transmission lines on a 381-acre parcel south of Tomhicken Road and north of Grassy Path Road in Sugarloaf Township. Underground power lines would relay the electricity generated by the turbines to a substation. From there the power would travel through a 34 1/2 -kilovolt line to another substation in Sugarloaf, where it would be transferred to a 230-kilovolt line and introduced to the power grid.