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Falmouth Wind Turbine II MassDEP Loan Update -It's A Loan
Falmouth Town Meeting June 2009 Thought They Voted For A Grant To Build Falmouth Wind II -It Was A MassDEP 5 Million Dollar Brokered Loan
Massachusetts Dept of Environmental Protection Brokered A 5 Million Loan Called A Project Regulatory Agreement on Falmouth Wind II
Massachusetts Dept of Environmental Protection Brokered A 5 Million Loan Called A Project Regulatory Agreement on Falmouth Wind II
The Town of Falmouth received a letter April 2, 2013, addressed to Julian M. Suso, Town Manager
The letter followed up on the telephone call by Commissioner Kenneth Kimmell, of the Department of Environmental Protection, to Julian Suso, the Town Manager of Falmouth, Massachusetts (the "Town") on Friday, March 29, 2013 concerning the Wind Turbine project at the Town's wastewater treatment facility ("Wind II") that was funded with money provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA").
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The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust will require that the Town enters into an agreement to operate Wind II at a level that permits it to continue to qualify as an "energy efficiency" project in accordance with DEP requirements for the duration of the Loan.
The Massachusetts courts shut down the nuisance Falmouth Wind II on June 17, 2017. American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus funds cannot be used if a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
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According to the MassDEP PRA, Project Regulatory Agreement, in the event that the project ceases to function as an energy efficient project, the Trust will amend Schedule C to reinstate the Town's obligation to pay principal and interest on the Loan and take such other actions as it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with Federal Law, the PRA, and the Loan Agreement.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF FALMOUTH SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MINUTES
June 2009
Falmouth Special Town Meeting June 2009 -- 5 Million Wind Turbine "Loan"
Town Meeting Members Were Told The Money For Falmouth Wind II Was A Grant - Watch Video After Advertisements 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8LFk6JbxhU&t=2569s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8LFk6JbxhU&t=606s
