TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
BP Wind Energy has failed to meet several state requirements in its preliminary scoping statement for the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm and used a half-century-old map for its turbine site plan, according to state Department of Public Service staff.
“The mapping included in the PSS is seriously out-of-date United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic quadrangles published circa 1958,” the department’s staff said, recommending that BP use the most recent 2012 edition. [Watertown Times]
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
OVERVIEW
In DEC’s opinion, and
as evidenced below, the PSS filed by CVWP is not in the form that it will appear
in the application – making review difficult; and although replete with
redundancies, is also lacking in reasonably available and necessary
information, while containing a host of items needing further clarification.
The PSS does not contain any Exhibits using the numbering system in the regulations,
but rather uses its own alphabetic nomenclature with subparts, repeating some
of the same information and statements from section to section. It also appears
to DEC that the PSS is, for the most part, very general in nature, lacking in
specificity of important local elements to this particular project, and devoid
of “as much information as is reasonably available concerning the proposed
facility”. Many of the Applicant’s responses to comments and questions raised
during consultations remain unanswered, or simply state that they will be addressed
in the application. Clearly, the PSS is not in compliance with either the
intent or spirit of the requirements of 16 NYCRR § 1000.5 especially Subsection
(l)(1 through 8), which are intended to allow for a meaningful discussion
between the Applicant, the public, affected agencies, and other stakeholders
toward development of the Application.
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