Thursday, December 24, 2009

Positive Declaration and Public Scoping

Wyoming County - The Town of Orangeville, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Stony Creek Wind Farm Project may have a significant adverse impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared. Written comments on the draft scope will be accepted by the contact listed below until 12:00 p.m. on January 5, 2010. The action involves a proposal by the applicant, Stony Creek Energy, LLC, to construct a wind-powered generating facility consisting of up to 59 General Electric 1.5xle or equivalent, wind turbine generators (WTGs) each with a maximum height of nearly 400 feet. The project will also include an operation and maintenance (O & M) facility, a system of gravel access roads, a 34.5 KV electrical collection system of buried electrical cable from the 59 WTGs to a substation and one 262 foot permanent meteorological tower. The project is located in the Town of Orangeville, New York.

Contact: Susan May, Town of Orangeville, 3529 Route 20A, Warsaw, NY 14569, Phone: (585) 786-2883, E-mail: smaysupv@yahoo.com.

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