Pre-application Intervenor Funding conference ~ Cape Vincent town government, WPEG awarded majority of wind project intervenor funding

Update :
5:47 AM
5/22/2013
CAPE VINCENT — The town government and Wind Power Ethics Group were awarded more than $80,000 in intervenor funds Tuesday night to hire six experts to help them review the Cape Vincent Wind Farm proposal.

In a draft ruling made at a pre-application conference for BP’s proposed project, case examiner and state Department of Public Service Administrative Law Judge Paul Agresta awarded the town of Cape Vincent and WPEG a total of $82,600.
[Watertown Times]

Below is a list of requests and the funds allocated to each request.

Shomer Intervenor Fund Request  Acoustical engineer Paul D. Schomer, Schomer & Associates Inc., Champaign, Ill.
 Allocation for Schomer 16,855

McCann Intervenor Fund Request  Michael S. McCann, a real estate appraiser in Illinois, to assist the group with land use and property value issues.
 Allocation for McCann 15,940

Evans Intervenor Funding Request
Ornithologist William R. Evans, director of the nonprofit Old Bird Inc., Ithaca, for his knowledge of effects on wildlife and birds at commercial wind farms.
Allocation for Evans 6,542

Curtin Intervenor Funding Request 
Paul J. Curtin Jr., an attorney with Shulman, Curtin & Grunder, Syracuse, who has been representing the town in its dealings with the wind developer.
 Allocation for Curtin 11,320 

Dimmick Intervenor Funding Request   
 Kris D. Dimmick, engineer and vice president of operations at Bernier, Carr & Associates, Watertown, who would “review and critique” BP’s preliminary scoping statement for its proposed project, among other tasks.
Allocation for Dimmick ~16,410

Phillips Intervenor Funding Request
Carl V. Phillips, Director of the Populi Health Institute, Wayne, Pa., to develop a detailed list of health issues to address, along with a recommended approach and methodology for BP to follow in its studies of adverse health effects.
 Allocation for Expert Phillips ~ 15,515
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Lyme Request for Intervernor Funds  legal services and get technical advice from the town’s attorney, Mark G. Gebo, with Hrabchak, Gebo & Langone, and Mr. Dimmick of Bernier, Carr & Associates.
 Allocation 11,000

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DANC Request for Intervenor Funding  ~ decision withheld based on a legal issue

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Lyme School Dist IV Request ~ No award request not applicable

Jefferson County Farm Bureau Request for Intervenor Funding  ~ Request withdrawn


Intervenor Fund Allocations Video

 


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PSC ~ Stipulations on alternatives
  We’d like to see a case scenario that attempts to comply with the towns zoning law
to the degree possible