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Sea Girt wind turbine plan creating angst for residents
The 325-foot-tall wind turbine planned for the New Jersey National Guard Training Camp is generating controversy in nearby communities, and state Department of Environmental Protection rules could threaten the federally funded project.
September 15, 2010
by Graelyn Brashear
in Asbury Park Press
Would be sited in Sea Girt; studies ongoing
SEA GIRT - The 325-foot-tall wind turbine planned for the New Jersey National Guard Training Camp is generating controversy in nearby communities, and state Department of Environmental Protection rules could threaten the federally funded project.
The DEP's Large Scale Wind Turbine Siting Map Report, released in 2009, designates the beaches that front Sea Girt, Manasquan and the training camp as areas where turbines taller than 200 feet are "unacceptable due to the operational impacts of the turbines on birds and bats."
The report says a turbine must be set back at least 1,312 feet... [continue via Web link]
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