Friday, March 21, 2008

Wind power rules closer ~ Lyme Wind project ~

Wind power rules closer

LYME PROJECT: Town, planning boards agree on turbine setbacks, some other issues
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008

CHAUMONT — No additional setbacks will be required around the Ashland Flats State Wildlife Management Area or Chaumont Barrens Preserve by
by the proposed Lyme wind power development zoning law amendment, the Lyme Planning Board and Town Council agreed at a joint work session Thursday night.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Nature Conservancy, which owns the preserve, could ask for additional setbacks from turbines. "There are no DEC blanket setbacks," Supervisor Scott G. Aubertine said.

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