Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Notice Of Acceptance Of Draft EIS And Public Hearing

Steuben County - The Planning Board of the Town of Cohocton, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Cohocton Wind Power Project. A public hearing on the Draft EIS will be held on May 25, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wayland-Cohocton Elementary School, 30 Park Avenue, Cohocton, NY. Public comments will be accepted until June 9, 2006. The action involves Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval and all the permits and approvals necessary to construct and operate a wind-powered generating facility consisting of forty one (41) turbines with a capacity of up to eighty two (82) megawatts, a 115 kV overhead transmission line, electrical substation, collector station, operations and maintenance building, electrical collection system, gravel access roads and necessary public road improvements, and up to four meteorological towers, on approximately 5,755 acres of private lands. The turbines are proposed to be located primarily along Pine Hill and Lent Hill northeast of the Village of Cohocton. The transmission line will be located through the Cohocton River Valley south of the turbine area.

Contact: Sandra Riley, Town of Cohocton, 15 South Main Street, Cohocton, NY 14826, phone: (585) 384-5330 ext. 1.

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