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.