| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Garrett County wind farm public hearing canceled
Credit: Elaine Blaisdell, Cumberland Times-News, February 11, 2014, times-news.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
OAKLAND – Jeff Messenger of Messenger Limited Partnership, LLC temporarily withdrew his request to the Garrett County Planning Commission to amend the Deep Creek watershed zoning ordinance to allow a wind farm in the rural resource zoning district, according to Bill DeVore, zoning administrator.
The public hearing on the amendment that was scheduled for March 5 has been canceled. If Messenger decides to pursue the matter further, he will have to reapply for the amendment to the Deep Creek watershed zoning ordinance, according to De-Vore.
During a meeting Jan. 8, the planning commission voted unanimously to postpone the public hearing and reschedule it for March 5 to allow the applicant more time to assemble information concerning the sound, wildlife impact and the appearance of the proposed wind turbines, according to minutes from the meeting. Planning commissioner Messenger recused himself from the vote as a landowner involved in the proposed project.
Wind turbines are prohibited in all zones of the watershed and the amendment would permit them in the rural resource zone only with the condition that the turbines would be 20,000 feet from the high waterline of Deep Creek Lake, Bob Paye, an attorney at Geppert, McMullen, Paye & Getty, P.C., indicated at a previous commission meeting.
The proposed wind project would be located in the northern edge of the zoning district, four miles north of Deep Creek Lake State Park, and would have between 100 to 133 shrouded 100-kilowatt Ogin wind turbines,
The project was slated to go into commercial operation by the end of 2015, according to Dorr.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=61388 ]
