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Falmouth Owes Feds 3.5 Million ARRA Wind Turbine Loan Due 2017
Whistleblower: Local - state officials keeping Falmouth, PRA, Project Regulatory Agreement federal stimulus funds agreement on the down-low.
Falmouth Owes Feds 3.5 Million ARRA Wind Turbine Loan Now
Whistleblower: Local and state officials keeping Falmouth, PRA, Project Regulatory Agreement federal stimulus funds agreement on the down-low.
At a rare Special Town Meeting in June of 2009 representatives voted for what they thought was a 5 million grant of federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
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Town Meeting Member actually voted for a 5 million dollar loan on Falmouth Wind II.
The money for Falmouth Wind II was a loan brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection through the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust using state reserve funds that had been obtained from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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The 5 million dollar loan is due plus interest.
The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust notified the Town of Falmouth in 2013 and has advised that Wind II is subject to specific provisions of ARRA and applicable federal regulations and guidelines ("Federal Law") in addition to the terms and conditions of the Project Regulatory Agreement ("PRA") and the Loan Agreement associated with the funding of Wind 11.
Under Federal Law and the PRA and Loan Agreement brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection the Town must maintain Wind II as an "energy efficiency " project, as described in EPA guidelines dated March 2, 2009, in order to benefit from the financial subsidy provided by the Trust under ARRA and the Trust's Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.
Under federal regulations governing the Trust's ARRA grant at 40 CRF Part 31.30(d)(l)
The Massachusetts Courts shut down Falmouth Wind Turbine I and II June 2017.
Falmouth Town Meeting Voted November 13, 2019, two and one half million to remove both wind turbines.
Falmouth Special Town Meeting June , 2009 Meeting Starts after 20 minutes of advertising
Federal Loan Agreement on "Blue Piece of Paper" handout for loan agreement Article II
