Falmouth Wind Turbine Setbacks 4000 Feet Massachusetts

The Cape Cod Commission approved a revised set of regulations for land-based commercial wind turbines.

Mary Pat Flynn of Falmouth voted in favor of the new regulations.

The Cape Cod Commission prepared and revised the commercial wind turbine model bylaw to assist Cape Cod towns in adopting regulations that address a wide variety of land use topics.

The original model wind turbine bylaw was changed to take into account larger turbines in the megawatt class of wind turbines such as those in Falmouth.

When the original CCC model wind regulations were written the largest turbine available was the smaller 660 kilowatt type wind turbines.

Falmouth wind turbines are three times the size of the older CCC regulations at 1.65 megawatts or more simple put 1650 kilowatts.

The new regulations require commercial wind turbines be set back from residential properties a distance of 10 times the rotor diameter.

The Town of Falmouth is in the process of applying for permits for its two town owned turbines today.

The Assembly of Delegates is the legislative branch of Cape Cod Regional Government, known as Barnstable County.

Land-based Wind Turbine Review Standards Approved by Assembly of Delegates

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates voted on April 20, 2011, to approve changes to the Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan that will establish minimum performance standards for the review of land-based wind energy conversion facilities (turbines).

The standards consider the clear area around turbines, their noise, shadow flicker, and visual impacts, potential waivers for municipal projects, and the decommissioning and removal of erected turbines that discontinue operation for 120 consecutive days.

The Falmouth twin, 397-foot-tall turbines erected at the wastewater treatment plant on Blacksmith Shop Road would require setbacks as high as almost 4000 feet from residential homes.

Proper regulation of wind turbine developments is an issue that transcends any political divisions, state borders or ideology.

It is necessary to safeguard the basic health and personal rights of rural residential home owners and the future of rural civilization in general.

Mary L. (Pat) Flynn of Falmouth, the representative from the Barnstable County Board of County Commissioners, voted in favor of the regulations 10 times the diameter of the turbine blades

Mary "Pat" Flynn link next :
http://buzzardsbay.org/newspapers/ccc-approves-turbine-regulations-feb2011.pdf

The Falmouth wind turbines are 397 feet tall.

Falmouth is ground zero for poorly placed wind turbines in the United States taking health and property rights