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State takes a second look at its turbine siting process
An independent panel of scientists commissioned by the Department of Environmental Protection in January issued a report recommending new regulations on wind turbines. They include that the state monitor existing turbines, study noise effects on heavily populated areas and impose noise limits on turbines depending on the population density of their surroundings.
May 22, 2012
by Ariel Wittenberg
in Cape Cod Times
FAIRHAVEN - Massachusetts officials are reexamining the state's role in siting wind turbines.
An independent panel of scientists commissioned by the Department of Environmental Protection in January issued a report recommending new regulations on wind turbines. They include that the state monitor existing turbines, study noise effects on heavily populated areas and impose noise limits on turbines depending on the population density of their surroundings.
The new regulations being considered by the DEP would require the state to review new wind projects before turbines are built, department spokesman Edmund Coletta said.
The regulations suggested by the Wind Turbine Health Impact Study could require... [continue via Web link]
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