Sunday, May 06, 2007

Turbine noise raises concern by Kevin Miller

State regulators indicated Wednesday that they plan to pay closer attention to potential noise levels generated by wind farms proposed within the Unorganized Territory.

Members of the Land Use Regulation Commission said the state should learn from the noise concerns that have arisen since a wind farm in the Aroostook County town of Mars Hill became operational earlier this year.

LURC currently has three wind farm applications pending: a 38-turbine operation in northern Washington County and two proposals in the western Maine mountains. The Washington County proposal, located on Stetson Mountain, has been submitted by the same company that built the Mars Hill wind farm.

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