BOURNE WIND TURBINE LITIGATION BEGINS DECEMBER 1 2015

BOURNE WIND TURBINE LITIGATION BEGINS DECEMBER 1 2015

DECEMBER 1 TOWN OF BOURNE CIVIL ACTION AGAINST PLYMOUTH WIND TURBINES

Massachusetts USA 

http://www.townofbourne.com/selectmen/agenda/board-of-selectmen-84

The Board of Health Office is responsible for the enforcement of federal, state and local public health laws, rules, and regulations. Public Health is a dynamic field which requires participation in a multitude of different coalitions, committees, task forces, and other community organizations.

The Bourne Board of Health is asking selectmen to authorize Town Counsel Robert S. Troy to request a court injunction to halt wind-farm construction.

Town of Bourne Select Board Meeting

Event Date: December 1, 2015 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Bourne Veterans’ Memorial
December 1, 2015
Community Center
239 Main Street, Buzzards Bay

Future Generation Wind, LLC – Board of Health Request to engage Town Counsel

REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FROM SELECTMEN TO TOWN COUNSEL TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST FUTURE GENERATION WIND

http://www.townofbourne.com/sites/bournema/files/file/file/2014fullbylaw_0.pdf

Page 96
8. Noise. 8.1 All WECS shall observe a minimum acoustical setback from any adjacent residentially used or zoned parcel a distance of at least ten(10) times rotor diameter, measured from the closest part of the WECS tower to the closest property line of all residentially used or zoned parcels.

8.2 The WECS and associated equipment shall conform to the following minimum sound level limitations:

a) No WECS shall produce a dB(A) sound pressure level that is 6 dB or more above the lowest predevelopment L90 dB(A) level (statistical noise level exceeded 90 percent of the time) measured over a sufficient time duration to represent the quietest part of the daytime or nighttime for which operation is scheduled to occur (See ANSI S12.18). b) No WECS shall produce, during the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00 am, a broadband sound p

Falmouth, Massachusetts is ground zero for poorly placed wind turbines in the United States. Plymouth has twice as many wind turbines that are twenty five percent larger.

The turbines will affect three towns Wareham, Bourne and Plymouth.

Wind turbines give off three distinct types of noise , “regulatory” measured in decibels, “human annoyance” measured as low frequency or infrasonic and of course “mechanical” noise.