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ARRA 5M Falmouth Wind Turbine Loan Danger To Health
Mass Dept of Environmental Protection brokered loan turbine knowing the danger
Massachusetts courts in 2017 shut down Falmouth wind turbine # 2.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act lent by federal officials and brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
FALMOUTH COMMUNITY WIND PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY 2005
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The features of the landscape to the west and south of the turbine site need to be considered when assessing potential visual and noise impacts of the turbine.
6.1 Visual and Noise Impact Page 38
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The potential visual and noise impacts of the proposed wind turbine are best considered in the context of where existing dwellings are located in relation to the turbine site.
A total of 99 residential properties are located within a half-mile radius of the turbine site. All of these properties lie to the west and south of the site. (See Attachment A for a map of the site).
There are 68 properties located to the west of the turbine site. All 68 properties are located on the west side of Route 28 (Rte. 28).
Rte. 28 therefore serves as a barrier between these 68 dwellings and the turbine site.
Approximately one third of the 68 dwellings are within 500 feet of Rte. 28, and all are within a quarter mile of Rte. 28.
The closest dwellings are approximately 1700 feet due west of the proposed turbine site. Sixty-one of the 68 properties are located on one of the following residential streets: Ridgeview Drive; Ambleside Drive; Westmoreland Drive; and Brantwood Road. Seven properties are located to the east of West Falmouth Highway.
Page 38 -- http://www.falmouthmass.us/DocumentCenter/View/123/Feasibility-Study-PDF
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Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts Owes 3.5 Million Loan "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "
Courts Shut Down Nuisance Foreign Wind Turbines June 2017
"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act " funds cannot be used if they create "a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds".
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-04-27/pdf/2010-9751.pdf
Falmouth owes 3.5 million plus 2 percent interest on 5 million ARRA loan on Falmouth Wind II the second of two town owned wind turbines.Each turbine generates 110 decibels of noise twice as loud as the 2005 Falmouth noise study -The loan should never have been made.
The town was warned the turbines generate 110 decibels of noise before the ARRA Loan in 2010
