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Authority looks into windmills’ effects
Windber Area Authority members are looking into the impact a proposed wind farm will have on an area watershed.
The board agreed Wednesday to ask geologist James Casselberry to begin studying how the construction of 38 wind turbines along Shaffer Mountain could affect water quality for authority customers.
“If in fact there is a threat, the best way to find out is to talk to a hydrologist,” said solicitor James Cascio.
December 16, 2006
by Dan DiPaolo
in Daily American
Windber Area Authority members are looking into the impact a proposed wind farm will have on an area watershed.
The board agreed Wednesday to ask geologist James Casselberry to begin studying how the construction of 38 wind turbines along Shaffer Mountain could affect water quality for authority customers.
“If in fact there is a threat, the best way to find out is to talk to a hydrologist,” said solicitor James Cascio.
The authority noted that the county windmill ordinance deals primarily with how far away the turbine is from other structures, not whether construction materials, land clearing and the associated... [continue via Web link]
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