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Commissioners deny conditional use permit for wind farm
The Uinta County Commissioners voted unanimously to deny two conditional use permits that would have allowed an additional 120 wind turbines on Bridger Butte.
Bridger Butte Wind Power and Bridger Butte Wind Power II, being run by Tasco Engineering, wanted to add the turbines in the general area of Bigelow Road, and extending southward from the current project.
August 7, 2009
by Karl Ritzman
in Unita County Herald
The Uinta County Commissioners voted unanimously to deny two conditional use permits that would have allowed an additional 120 wind turbines on Bridger Butte.
Bridger Butte Wind Power and Bridger Butte Wind Power II, being run by Tasco Engineering, wanted to add the turbines in the general area of Bigelow Road, and extending southward from the current project.
Gary Tassainer of Tasco Engineering said if they got the conditional use permit, they would do everything required by the industrial siting committee, which included numerous environmental studies.
Rick Frandsen of Tasco Engineering told the commissioners that throughout the life of the project it was... [continue via Web link]
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