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FAA reverses ruling, OKs 13 wind turbines
A recent federal ruling that rejected 13 of 22 proposed wind turbines in Roxbury because of height restrictions was based on incorrect information, after all.
As of March 18, the Air Traffic Airspace Branch of the Federal Aviation Administration reversed its Jan. 29 rulings by determining that the 13 turbines will pose no hazards to air traffic.
March 25, 2009
by Terry Karkos
in Sun Journal
ROXBURY - A recent federal ruling that rejected 13 of 22 proposed wind turbines in Roxbury because of height restrictions was based on incorrect information, after all.
As of March 18, the Air Traffic Airspace Branch of the Federal Aviation Administration reversed its Jan. 29 rulings by determining that the 13 turbines will pose no hazards to air traffic.
According to Tom Dodge, executive director of medical helicopter service LifeFlight of Maine, incorrect information about the elevation of an air traffic holding-pattern zone in the project area above Record Hill and Partridge Peak was used.
"It was a misunderstanding with the holding pattern,... [continue via Web link]
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