August 1, 2013
Vermont

Lowell: state wants GMP fine to fund more monitoring

LowellState Wants GMP Fine To Fund More Monitoring | August 1, 2013 | caledonianrecord.com

LOWELL – The state wants Green Mountain Power to pay $5,000 to $50,000 in penalties for noise violations at the Lowell wind project last winter, enough to cover more extensive noise monitoring.

But a wind opponent who lives near some of the turbines, Shirley Nelson of Lowell, wants the maximum penalty possible of $140,000, saying GMP intentionally allowed the noise to happen – and continue. Nelson also wants full-time noise monitoring by an independent sound monitoring specialist.

GMP states that the wind turbine noise remained below set limits 99.6 percent during monitoring last winter.

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URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/08/01/lowell-state-wants-gmp-fine-to-fund-more-monitoring/