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Moyne brings out legal big gun for wind farm hearing
Energy project co-ordinator Wind Farm Developments has lodged an appeal with the Victorian Civil Administration Tribunal (VCAT), seeking an order to endorse plans the government previously refused without amendments centred around noise control.
July 2, 2012
by Jono Pech
in The Standard
A legal team costing $13,000 a day will represent the Moyne Shire Council at a tribunal hearing over Woolsthorpe wind farm permits.
Energy project co-ordinator Wind Farm Developments has lodged an appeal with the Victorian Civil Administration Tribunal (VCAT), seeking an order to endorse plans the government previously refused without amendments centred around noise control.
The New Zealand-based proponents are appealing to remove the additional requirements, and if successful the Moyne Shire Council will bear the costs of any additional damage to roads impacted by the wind farm's construction traffic.
Mayor Jim Doukas said it was necessary to employ Maddocks Lawyers at the... [continue via Web link]
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