Saturday, November 1, 2008

Panel seeking specifics on noise

Panel seeking specifics on noise
CAPE WIND ZONING: Group to ask engineers to evaluate gauging of turbine decibels
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008

CAPE VINCENT — Members of the committee formed to produce a zoning amendment to deal with wind farms want specifics.

During a meeting Thursday afternoon, the committee agreed to ask the acoustical engineering firm Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, Sudbury, Mass., to evaluate the noise-measuring methods in different laws. That firm panned Hessler Associates' ambient noise study in BP Alternative Energy's draft environmental impact statement for the Cape Vincent Wind Farm.
 Panel seeking specifics on noise

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