No consideration and no reconsideration for Goodhue
Like many people that live within the proposed AWA Goodhue Wind footprint
I had hoped that the PUC would reconsider their decision to ignore the local
Goodhue County wind turbine ordinance. The many reasons not to permit this
project include the environmental impacts of the project, the health and safety
implications for footprint residents, and the financial burden that this project
could inflict upon Goodhue County and its citizens.
I had hoped that the PUC would reconsider their decision to ignore the local
Goodhue County wind turbine ordinance. The many reasons not to permit this
project include the environmental impacts of the project, the health and safety
implications for footprint residents, and the financial burden that this project
could inflict upon Goodhue County and its citizens.
The applicant has perpetually understated the impacts that this project
will have and misrepresented Belle Creek as a vast cornfield with little
wildlife and no major environmental concerns. Belle Creek township shares it’s
name with Belle Creek the designated trout stream and the Belle Creek watershed
district which was established to preserve and conserve wildlife. The PUC’s
environmental scoping process is obviously flawed, very little attention was
paid to the actual topography of Belle Creek and the presence of American Bald
Eagles and many other sensitive species in the footprint.
will have and misrepresented Belle Creek as a vast cornfield with little
wildlife and no major environmental concerns. Belle Creek township shares it’s
name with Belle Creek the designated trout stream and the Belle Creek watershed
district which was established to preserve and conserve wildlife. The PUC’s
environmental scoping process is obviously flawed, very little attention was
paid to the actual topography of Belle Creek and the presence of American Bald
Eagles and many other sensitive species in the footprint.
Most disturbing is that Goodhue County reviewed and presented to the
PUC thousands of pages of documentation filled with actual evidence to support
their ordinance and the PUC chose to believe that the sound and shadow flicker
simulation studies presented by AWA proved this project would not harm us.
Simulations are fictitious studies based on assumptions made by those conducting
the simulations. Fiction triumphing over facts, simply unbelievable yet that is
what happened.
PUC thousands of pages of documentation filled with actual evidence to support
their ordinance and the PUC chose to believe that the sound and shadow flicker
simulation studies presented by AWA proved this project would not harm us.
Simulations are fictitious studies based on assumptions made by those conducting
the simulations. Fiction triumphing over facts, simply unbelievable yet that is
what happened.
Rick Conrad 11 Nov 2011
Tags: appeal, Ellen Anderson, goodhue county setbacks, lawsuit, PUC, Wind lawsuit
