This just in from the Kennebec (ME) Morning Sentinel: developers are now suggesting they could build their wind turbines withouht touching the Redington range.
"That would leave 18 wind turbines on Black Nubble Mountain, located farther from the Appalachian Trail and with less environmentally sensitive habitat. Lee told commissioners the new proposal calls for putting land on Redington into conservation, according to a recording of that meeting."
The article by Alan Crowell in the 9 May 2007 issue is titled "
Reduced wind-farm proposal readied".
"Because Redington Pond Range, at just about 4,000 feet, is home to more sensitive habitat and also several miles closer to the Appalachian Trail, a new proposal that only featured turbines on Black Nubble, at about 3,700 feet in elevation, would appear to address many of the objections to the plan."
The article doesn't spell out how much of the approval process needs to be gone through again, if any.
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