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DEP Says Wind Turbine Is Too Noisy
In a new study that measured noise levels in various wind conditions, the DEP has come out on the side of turbine opponents who say the machines are too loud for residential neighborhoods.
According to the Cape Cod Times, the state's Department of Environmental Protection released a study today that declared that Falmouth's Wind 1 turbine exceeds an acceptable noise level.
State Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) made the following statement this morning, according to the Times:
“I'm glad that the results of DEP's study will provide residents affected by Wind 1 with some relief. This is an issue that has divided the community. I believe that industrial size wind turbines do not belong in residential neighborhoods, but we should not remove wind energy from the renewable energy mix in Massachusetts."
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Just last week, the Falmouth Board of Selectmen voted to shut down Wind 1, one of the town's 1.65-megawatt turbines off Blacksmith Shop Road, from 7pm to 7am daily, beginning later this month. The Falmouth Board of Health also voted last week to hold an emergency hearing on the health effects of the wind turbines on May 24. The board will accept oral testimony from abutters affected by the turbines, as well as written testimony, within ten days of the hearing. The board will subsequently decided whether to order an emergency shutdown of the turbines.
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