Thursday, March 4, 2010

DEC releases Galloo findings

TWO TURBINES CUT: Agency says layout would threaten bird species

By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010

The conclusion of the state environmental quality review process has led developers to cut two turbines from the plan for Galloo Island Wind Farm.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation, which has been the lead agency on the review, released its findings Wednesday. Those findings included the elimination of two turbines to preserve habitat for the upland sandpiper, a state-listed threatened species.

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