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Cape Vincent passes resolution calling for halt on wind farm siting process
The Town Council, at a special meeting Wednesday, passed a resolution calling on the state Public Service Commission to halt "any discussion, consideration or determination" regarding wind turbine noise impacts until the effects of infrasound and low frequency noise are properly assessed.
February 14, 2013
by Jaegun Lee
in Watertown Daily News
CAPE VINCENT - The Town Council, at a special meeting Wednesday, passed a resolution calling on the state Public Service Commission to halt "any discussion, consideration or determination" regarding wind turbine noise impacts until the effects of infrasound and low frequency noise are properly assessed.
Local officials said they also reached out to other municipalities and were able to convince the town boards of Macomb and Richland to adopt similar resolutions urging the state to enact a moratorium on industrial wind development.
What sparked the movement was a resolution adopted by the Wisconsin Towns Association last month advising the Wisconsin Public Service... [continue via Web link]
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