GALLO ISLAND: Environmental studies, turbine placement under fire at Hounsfield Planning Board hearing
By NANCY MADSEN, Watertown Times Staff Writer
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2009
SACKETS HARBOR — Opponents of the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm challenged the schedule, environmental studies and placement of the on-island facilities Monday morning during a public hearing on the site plan. The hearing, held by the Hounsfield Planning Board, attracted about 50 people. Upstate NY Power Corp. is seeking site plan approval for the 252-megawatt, 84-turbine project. Thirteen people spoke on the $500 million plan for infrastructure on the island, eight were against the project or plan as its stands.
John P. Gaus, who owns land in Hounsfield and works in renewable energy development, said the town should require written guarantees on a number of issues, including job numbers, a less intrusive lighting plan, exclusion of expansion into the water and a state environmental quality review document that "complies with the law." A SEQR should include the cumulative effects of other wind farms in the area, including the recently announced offshore wind project being considered by the New York Power Authority. "If not, the town will get sued," Mr. Gaus said.
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