DEC responds to Lymes lead agency request

November 15, 2007: NYSDEC Commissioner Grannis wrote to the Towns of Lyme and Cape Vincent regarding his decision on Lyme’s lead-agency dispute over BP Project. Cape Planning Board claimed lead-agency status within the Town of Lyme because Lyme PB did not respond within 30 days to Cape’s request for lead-agency status. Grannis rejects Lyme’s plea to have lead-agency authority over that portion of the BP Cape-Lyme project within its bounds. It remains to be understood, however, whether Commissioner Grannis was aware of Edsall’s financial ties to BP and the potential conflicts of two other members of the Cape Planning Board. Moreover, if he had been known about these conflicts, would this have changed his findings in this dispute

VOTERS FOR WIND BACKS PROJECT IN CAPE VINCENT

A new citizens group that supports wind power made its public debut Saturday at an open house for the Cape Vincent Wind Farm.

Voters for Wind has been meeting quietly in Three Mile Bay since June, according to Chairwoman Beth A. White.



Watertown Daily Times (NY)
October 14, 2007

Author: KELLY VADNEY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Edition: Both
Section: Jefferson
Page: B5
Dateline: CHAUMONT

A new citizens group that supports wind power made its public debut Saturday at an open house for the Cape Vincent Wind Farm.
Voters for Wind has been meeting quietly in Three Mile Bay since June, according to Chairwoman Beth A. White. There are about 20 people in the group, she said.
"We thought this open house was a perfect forum for us to start promoting our group," Mrs. White said.
The group's mission is to promote the Cape Vincent Wind Farm. While Voters for Wind is concerned only with the proposal put forward by BP Alternative Energy, it may one day expand its mission statement to include supporting other wind farms, Mrs. White said.
There are three wind farm proposals in Jefferson County. The St. Lawrence Wind Farm and Cape Vincent Wind Farm are both in Cape Vincent. Horse Creek Wind Farm would cross town lines between Clayton and Orleans.[ Continue via the Watertown Times archives]

Protesters turn out at Cape Vincent wind farm open house

 14 October 2007 The Cape Vincent Wind Farm’s open house Saturday was as much a forum for protest as it was a pursuit of information.


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 Watertown Daily Times (NY) Archives

October 14, 2007

 Protesters Turn out at Cape Vincent W

Author: KELLY VADNEY

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Edition: Both

Section: Jefferson

Page: B5

Dateline: CHAUMONT


Dozens of residents attended the open house put on by BP Alternative Energy, the company that has proposed the wind farm. Many attendees used the event not only to glean information, but to express their opinions about wind power.

Inside the Chaumont fire hall, Voters for Wind, a citizens group that promotes the Cape Vincent Wind Farm, held a bake sale and handed out pro-wind-farm signs and refrigerator magnets.

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CAPE VINCENT DEBATES WIND TURBINE ZONING

Published: October 12, 2007
CAPE VINCENT DEBATES WIND TURBINE ZONING
RENEWED EFFORT: TOWN COUNCIL SAYS IT HOPES TO DRAFT NEW REGULATION PLAN BY EARLY NEXT YEAR
By KELLY VADNEY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
CAPE VINCENT -- The Town Council has agreed to renew its efforts to adopt zoning regulations for wind turbines, but exactly how they would be enacted is a source of bitter debate.

Both Wind Power Ethics Group Chairman Urban C. Hirschey and former Town Councilman Clifford P. Schneider urged the council Wednesday to adopt zoning for turbines.

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BP August~ 2007 Property Owners Asked For Input On Wind Farm Turbines

 CHAUMONT  08/04/2007 ~ Residents in Lyme will have the opportunity to express their views on wind farm development this month.


 From the Watertown Daily Times ( NY) archives
By Kelly Vadney
Publication Date: 08/04/2007


This week, the town Planning Board is sending surveys to all property owners asking where wind turbines should be sited.

 People who live in the interior of the town are in favor of wind farm development, based on interviews conducted by the Times.

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NYS Public Service Commission Weighs in on Wind

June 13, 2007

The NY Dept. of Public Service’s sent a very pointed letter to the PB and Edsall about the inadequacy of St. Lawrence Wind Power’s DEIS. Comments include the fact the PB as lead agency basically ignored the requests of the NYDPS to do an adequate job on numerous areas of concern provided previously by the NYDPS. They tell the PB they should start the process over, and get qualified help to do these studies correctly. They indicate this study should never have been accepted by Edsall and the planning board. It is proof by a major involved NY agency of the rushed nature of the town and its planning board. As with the NYDEC the DPS had no way of knowing of the conflicts of interest of three PB members now acting as lead agency because there were still no official conflict disclosures by conflicted town officers.

Voter For Wind~ Dawn Munks Testimonial letter written to Geos Global

 Bp, hired Marion Trieste ,managing director of Geo’s Global, to help facilitate their Cape Vincent Wind Farm Project . Trieste helped launch Voters For Wind as a vehicle to promote BP's project .

Dawn Munks Testimonial letter written to Geos Global


Link here to read petition and Resolution

Lyme May Want Own Study of Wind farm

Link not available

By Kelly Vadney

Watertown Daily Times

03/14/2007

The immediate future of BP Alternative Energy’s proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm may hinge on what transpires at the Lyme Town Council’s meeting today.

The issue is whether Cape Vincent will supervise the entire environmental review for the proposed 210-megawatt wind farm project, which crosses town lines, or if the Lyme Town Council will opt for a separate environmental review for the portion in Lyme. That could slow development of the wind farm.

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Lyme wants Brakes on Wind farm Project

Link not available

  By Kelly Vadney

Watertown Daily Times

Date: 02/23/2007

Based on comments at a Thursday wind power meeting, Lyme residents are keeping an open mind about a proposed wind farm, but they would like to slow the process down and have their own say.

“My perspective is, things are moving too fast and we need to slow down,” Councilman Warren A. Johnson said. “I think my fellow councilmen agree with that.”

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WIND POWER: ETHICS GROUP, DEC DECRY ACCEPTANCE OF UNFINISHED REPORT

February 13, 2007
WIND POWER: ETHICS GROUP, DEC DECRY ACCEPTANCE OF UNFINISHED REPORT TURBINE STUDIES CAUSE A STIR

 Author: KELLY VADNEY TIMES STAFF WRITER Edition:
 Both Section: Jefferson
 Page:B1
Dateline: CAPE VINCENT Estimated printed pages: 3 Article Text: The Wind Power Ethics Group and the state Department of Environmental Conservation say the town Planning Board should not have accepted a draft environmental impact statement for the St. Lawrence Wind Farm.

 Judy Drabicki, a Dexter attorney representing the ethics group, a citizens' organization that has opposed wind farm development, said the developer has not sufficiently identified impacts because studies listed as part of the review have not been completed, including those for wetlands.

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2007 ~ BP Escrow account Details

 At the January 11, 2007:Town Board meeting Supervisor Rienbeck asked for permission to sign the agreement with the BP Wind tower group regarding their Escrow Account. No resolution to authorize the escrow account, just permission...
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Minutes From Town Board Meeting January 11,2007

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