updated 3/21/2014
Everpower in Allegany
Cattaraugus County Supreme Court decision, dismissing Everpower lawsuit against Allegany Planning Board (February 28, 2013)
Everpower's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and the Allegany Planning Board's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Findings supporting approval (July 11, 2011) are posted on the Planning Board's website.
Host Community Agreement between Everpower and Town of Allegany (August 2011) (7 MB)
Everpower's second request to Allegany Planning Board for an extension of time on its July 2011 special use permit (September 28. 2012)
Everpower's first request to Allegany Planning Board for an extension of time on its July 2011 special use permit (April 3, 2012)
Everpower's lawsuit against the Allegany Town Board (filed October 5, 2012)
Everpower's lawsuit against the Allegany Planning Board (filed November 14, 2012)
CCCC comments and technical submissions:
(January 9, 2013)
attachment: A Cooperative Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin (December 24, 2012) (5 MB)
attachment: "Study finds 'dangerous levels' of noise from turbines," Green Bay Press Gazette (January 6, 2013)
On Everpower's April 3, 2012 request (May 11, 2012)
Supplement to Comments (May 14, 2012)
(September 12, 2011)
Comment letter, August 25, 2011 (summarizing outstanding issues
prior to a vote to approve wind facility overlay zoning) Attachments:
1 Stephen Ambrose and Robert Rand, “Wind Turbine Noise: An independent assessment, noise complaints predictable,” repr.
5 David A. Stillwell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Letter to Michael Speerschneider, EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc. (July 11, 2011)
Attachments:
Comment letter, January 7, 2011 (on relaxing noise restrictions in the
local wind law) (3.7 MB)Comment letter, May 3, 2010
Attachments:
1 NY Department of Environmental Conservation, Assessing
and Mitigating Noise Impacts (2001)
2 Richard James, Sound Study and Comments on the Everpower
Project (3.5 MB)
Appendix (3.8 MB)
References (9 MB)
Graphs (512 KB)
Attachments: 1 Meteorologist Don Paul, WIVB Channel 4 (wind farms interfere with weather radar forecasting)
4 "Testimony continues," December 2, 2009 (news report on
R. James and D. Hessler acoustic opinions in Buckeye wind farm case, Champaign County, Ohio)
CRA comments & Everpower responses (2.2 MB)
"Financial backers for local wind projects come from far and wide," Times Herald (Olean, NY), October 13, 2008
"Board to listen to the noise: presentation set on noise impacts of wind farms," Times Herald (Olean, NY), January 13, 2009
"Sound expert discusses impact of noise created by wind turbines," Times Herald (Olean, NY), February 9, 2010
"Beware the wind guys," Sue Sliwinski letter to the editor, Times Herald (Olean, NY), February 12, 2010
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ordered by Planning Board, Times Herald (Olean, NY), October 16, 2012 (with October 21 correction by Planning Board Chairman John Hare)
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