The Standard-Times filed a Massachusetts Public Records Law request with the Board of Health on Friday asking for the mitigation plan. The boards Health Agent Patricia Fowle responded that the board would have to ask selectmen for permission to consult with Crotty about the issue. The Board of Health did provide a copy to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Clean Energy Center. Each organization said copies should be sought from the town. The July proposal allowed for continued testing of the turbines to see whether changing the angle of the blades to slow their spinning could still remain in compliance of state law while maintaining higher levels of power production than turning one turbine off completely. Ken Pottel of the turbine opposition group Windwise said his group is growing impatient with town government, noting I dont know why the mitigation is secret.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 03:04:55 +0000
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