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The Huron Expositor • August 12, 2009 Pogo 3
HEAT concerned about `inadequacies' in CASA environmental
screening report, asks for `elevation' to environmental review
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St. Columban homes when the new
Green Energy Act is suggesting min-
imum setbacks of at least 550 metres
and up to 700 metres when more
than five wind turbines are within a
three kilometre radius.
By asking for an elevation to an
environmental review from an en-
vironmental screening report, Ross
says CASA would be required to do
a more detailed analysis of various
topics, which could take several more
years to complete.
In the elevation request, HEAT
itemizes eight areas which need
Clare Murray, a third year law student from St. Columban, looks through the
CASA environmental screening report as she helps lawyer Krista Ross.
more study including the accuracy of
the noise assessment, the monitor-
ing of infrasound, wind turbine set-
backs and adverse health effects, the
analysis of wintering birds and the
Tundra Swan, Huron East's interim
control bylaw, pre -construction moni-
toring and data collection of bats, the
effect of the turbines on significant
woodlots and significant wildlife
habitat and a flawed public consul-
tation process.
William Palmer, an engineer from
Paisley, Ont., provided expert opin-
ion about the noise assessment in.
the environmental screening report
and pointed out that CASA provided
conflicting information about the
technology that will be used, refer-
encing two different makes of wind
turbines.
He also questioned whether CASA's
proposed setbacks were adequate to
to meet a 40 dBA noise standard.
The elevation request also points
out that CASA has been made aware
of Jason Lamont, a "particularly
sensitive receptor" who lives 673 me-
tres from the nearest turbine. It says
Jason's parents are particularly con-
cerned about the effect of infrasound
on Jason who he has experienced ex-
treme sensitivity to turbines in other
locations.
The request says an environmental
review or a director's order for fur-
ther study would benefit the public
interest and that HEAT would be
willing to meet with CASA to try and
find a mutually acceptable way to re-
solve their differences.
Ross says she's hoping to hear if
the request is granted sometime in
the fall.
"It is an open-ended process and it
could take several months for a re-
sponse," she says.
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