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Hearing set on proposed wind power project

The Evening Telegram|Joe Parmon, Staff Writer|June 26, 2006
New YorkGeneral

VAN HORNESVILLE - Voices from the community are being sought at a State Environmental Quality Review hearing on the proposed Jordanville Wind Power Project set for Thursday at Owen D. Young Central School in Van Hornesville.


The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and residents are encouraged to attend and state any concerns they may have about the project.
 
Community Energy, as Jordanville Wind LLC, has proposed to develop a wind-powered generating facility of up to 150 megawatts in the towns of Warren and Stark, which will include around 75 windmills. Each of the turbines carries a capacity to generate 2 megawatts. The turbines would feature a 285-foot diameter, three-bladed rotor mounted on a 256-foot high steel tubular tower.
 
The proposal also includes two meteorological towers, 21 miles of access roads, 41 miles of electrical interconnect, a collection substation, a .8-mile long, overhead 230-kilovolt transmission line, and interconnection substation, a …

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The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and residents are encouraged to attend and state any concerns they may have about the project.
 
Community Energy, as Jordanville Wind LLC, has proposed to develop a wind-powered generating facility of up to 150 megawatts in the towns of Warren and Stark, which will include around 75 windmills. Each of the turbines carries a capacity to generate 2 megawatts. The turbines would feature a 285-foot diameter, three-bladed rotor mounted on a 256-foot high steel tubular tower.
 
The proposal also includes two meteorological towers, 21 miles of access roads, 41 miles of electrical interconnect, a collection substation, a .8-mile long, overhead 230-kilovolt transmission line, and interconnection substation, a centrally located, temporary construction staging area, and an operations and maintenance facility.
 
The project encompasses around 6,225 acres of private land and around 77 separate parcels of land.
 
Potential environmental impacts being looked at include visual impacts, roads, wildlife, water resources, soils, communication facilities, the socio-economic impacts of the project on the community, and impacts on agriculture.
 
There are two types of agricultural impacts that are being examined - one is the potential loss of productive land as a result of the installation of the access roads and turbine towers, as well as the facilities needed for the interconnection between the wind farm and an existing electric transmission line. The other is the potential damage to the soil resources in areas disturbed during construction.
 
Under a typical wind turbine project, landowners lease out their land to the wind energy company and receive a yearly rent payment while they're also paid based on the kilowatts per hour that are generated by the windmill on their property. Companies also typically negotiate a Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement with the towns involved, school district, and county.
 
As it has in other areas, the proposal has brought forth both ardent supporters and opponents of wind power, but proponents have so far been more vocal, at least publicly. Stark resident Ed Mower has approached the county legislature several times over the past year, saying the income the windmills would create for farmers who rent out their land would be vital to keeping their farms afloat. Leslie Miller, town of Warren planning board chairman, has told the legislature that the money coming to the town is also sorely needed.
 
Another SEQR hearing is scheduled for July 12 at 6 p.m. in the town of Warren building, Main Street, Jordanville.
 
The SEQR process will take any public comments into consideration until July 28.


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