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August 27, 2008 - News 10 Now
Advocates for Wind Power Win court Battle August 23, 2008 - WWTI News Watch NY State Supreme Court Sides with Lyme Wind Advocates August 23, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times Judge Slams Lyme on Turbine Law July 31, 2008 - Watertown North Country News 10 Now Open house on Cape Vincent wind project Array plan is in place for Cape Vincent At the Cape Vincent Recreation Park, Wednesday July 30, 2008 Alternative Energies powered by British Petroleum presented the array plan for the Town of Cape Vincent. The plan gives an over view of where 95 G.E. 1.5- megawatt turbines are to be placed in the Town. BP is completing the final Environmental Impact Statement and getting the necessary permits in place with hopes of starting construction in the fall of 2009. Darth B. Glance, program director for Citizens Campaign for the Environment was on hand to give a presentation on the benefits of wind power. She gave a slide presentation and explained about some environmental concerns; electricity prices and rising demand and what effects wind turbines have on property values, noise levels and the impact on birds and bats. For more information check out: www.citizencampaign.org and www.bp.com On May 9, 2008 the Town of Lyme Board passed an excessively restrictive zoning amendment on "Wind Energy Facilities" that would eliminate the possibility of wind towers in the Town of Lyme. The Voters For Wind believe that the Town of Lyme Board was remiss in the adoption of this law. The Voters for wind presented the Board with a petition with signatures of landowners, the signatures represent more than 20% of the total acreage in the Town. This petition would have forced a three-quarters majority vote. Instead the Board chose to reject the petition based erroneous information presented to them by the Town Assessors. As a consequence some Town of Lyme property owners filed an article 78 proceeding against the Town of Lyme Board. An Article 78 proceeding solicits the New York Supreme Court judge to decide if the protest petition is valid and to decide if the newly adopted "wind law amendment" is arbitrary and capricious.
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