Wind foes take gripes to court
A group opposed to wind power development on Rollins Mountains has filed a brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court challenging the constitutionality of the state-approved process for fast-tracking wind farms and the Department of Environmental Protection's approval of the $130 million project granted last spring.
Attorney Lynne Williams, representing Friends of Lincoln Lakes, claimed that the Board of Environmental Protection, which oversees the DEP, erred in approving Boston-based First Wind's 60-megawatt wind site because a state reviewer could not resolve noise standards for the project, according to the Bangor Daily News. She also challenges the constitutionality of having to file the brief in Law Court, rather than a lower court where appeals are customarily heard. No review date has been set. The group has already filed an appeal with the DEP.
In a related matter, voters in Rumford decided to enact a 180-day moratorium on commercial wind power development while a committee studies the issue. First Wind has been testing wind sites there, but is not close to making a formal proposal, a company spokesman told the Sun Journal.
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