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Vinalhaven residents will get day in court over wind turbine noise
Although court documents state there were two nights in July 2010 that the Vinalhaven turbines were too noisy, the problem has persisted, according to the Fox Island Wind Neighbors, a group of about 15 people who filed a lawsuit in July 2011 in Kennebec County Superior Court seeking to nullify a June 2011 Department of Environmental Protection order against the wind power project developer. The group wants the court to institute an earlier version of the order developed by DEP staff that imposed tougher compliance requirements.
April 5, 2012
by Gordon Chibroski
in Portland Press Herald
VINALHAVEN, Maine - Neighbors of three wind turbines on this island will get a hearing in court to see whether Fox Island Wind's plan to quiet its turbines is stringent enough.
Although court documents state there were two nights in July 2010 that the Vinalhaven turbines were too noisy, the problem has persisted, according to the Fox Island Wind Neighbors, a group of about 15 people who filed a lawsuit in July 2011 in Kennebec County Superior Court seeking to nullify a June 2011 Department of Environmental Protection order against the wind power project developer. The group wants... [continue via Web link]
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