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Resolution Adopted by the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Towns Association
Author: Board of Directors, Wisconsin Towns Association
Whereas, developers are in the process of attaining permits to build industrial wind farms statewide, and Whereas, citizens living next to industrial wind turbines, including families living near Shirley Wind Farm in Denmark, Wisconsin, have made claims of suffering health issues potentially caused by low-frequency noise and infrasound generated by wind turbines, and Whereas, a report (Report #122412-1) released December 28, 2012, to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission by four acoustical consulting firms states that low-frequency noise and infrasound created . . .
More »Purged section of low-frequency noise report
Author: Bensky, Anne; and McKeever, Peter
As filed by Forest Voice on Dec. 28, 2012, ‘Clean Wisconsin edited “A Cooperative Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin” prior to filing; the original included a section with one and one-half pages of recommendations for the Highland Wind Farm (HWF), the original Section 5.2.’ 5.2 – For the Highlands Project ChIA and Rand do not have detail knowledge of the Highland project and refrain from specific recommendations. They . . .
More »Cooperative Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low-Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm
Author: Walker, Bruce; Hessler, George; Hessler, David; Rand, Robert; and Schomer, Paul
From comments by acoustician Rick James: Three families in the footprint of the Shirley Wind project (owned by Duke Energy) have reported adverse health effects since the wind turbine utility commenced operation. Two have been forced out of their homes. They report experiencing symptoms of the type associated with wind turbine syndrome. These families offered to act as interveners in another Wisconsin case, Highland Wind, which is in the application hearing phase. Fifty affidavits were filed by them and other . . .
More »Wind Farm Easement Agreement – FPL Energy
Author: FPL Energy
3.3 Use of Owner’s Property. During the Option Term, Operator and its employees, agents and contractors shall have a non-exclusive right to enter upon the Owner’s Property and the right of ingress and egress over and across the Owner’s Property for the purposes of (i) surveying the Owner’s Property; (ii) performing such other tests and studies as Operator may desire in connection with the Option, including, without limitation, environmental, avian and cultural resource assessments, and geotechnical,foundation and soil tests; provided . . .
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