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Maine, NY towns working on wind-farm regulations
The Planning Board doesn't believe a moratorium on wind farms, or new regulations regarding massive wind turbines, are necessary, but other Maine and upstate New York towns disagree, a news survey revealed Wednesday. ...Board members readily admitted that they hadn't any experience dealing with wind turbines, but said it would be their responsibility to learn. Lincoln's land-use laws are comprehensive enough to make further regulations regarding wind farms unnecessary, Ireland said.
October 22, 2008
by Nick Sambides Jr.
in Bangor Daily News
The Planning Board doesn't believe a moratorium on wind farms, or new regulations regarding massive wind turbines, are necessary, but other Maine and upstate New York towns disagree, a news survey revealed Wednesday.
Board Vice Chairman B. Michael Ireland said a moratorium such as the board would consider would delay the project six months - not eliminate it.
"We have to see what they want to do in order to judge it properly," Ireland, a land-use permitting environmental consultant, said at a board meeting on Tuesday.
Board members readily admitted that they hadn't any experience dealing with wind turbines, but said it... [continue via Web link]
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