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Falmouth Town Meeting: $175,000.00 Wind Turbine Litigation
Falmouth Continues Flushing Money Down The Toilet
Falmouth Town Meeting $175,000.00
Wind Turbine Expenses.
Falmouth Town Meeting approved an additional 278,000.00 for special attorney fees for the fiscal year ending June 30,2015.
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Falmouth is facing four or more lawsuits over the poor installation of two commercial wind turbines.
The majority of the $ 278,000.00 dollars is associated with wind turbine litigation projected to cost $175,000.
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The Town of Falmouth is facing an uphill battle after the recent release of a letter through the Freedom of Information Act and an admission in 2013 by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center that the Falmouth wind turbines were installed “Ad Hoc” and now the MassCEC looks at setbacks at 2000 feet.
The letter and link are below : "Vestas raises concerns about turbine noise (Letter)"Bruce Mabbott - August 3, 2010 After noise complaints started coming in following the erection of WIND 1, the first Falmouth turbine at the wastewater treatment facility, Vestas required confirmation that the Town of Falmouth "understands they are fully responsible for the site selection of the turbine and bear all responsibilities to address any mitigation needs of the neighbors." WIND 2 would not be released to the town for erection until the letter was signed. The letter explaining the situation is provided below and can be accessed by selecting the link(s) on this page.
http://www.windaction.org/posts/41357-vestas-raises-concerns-about-turbine-noise-letter#.VGtQ3rld600
Admission by MassCEC turbines placed “Ad Hoc”
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130526/NEWS/305260341
"Nills Bolgen, who works with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, said his organization has become "more conservative" in requiring project proposals seeking funding to provide more detailed data if they are close to residential areas.""In 2005, when the Center began requiring applicants to provide acoustical data, Bolgen said it was done on an "ad hoc" basis."
"Now, all turbine proposals within 2,000 feet of residences must provide that data."
