Saturday, August 28, 2010
Wind Farm Comment Period Extended
WEST VIRGINIA....
Maryland-based Beech Ridge Energy LLC is seeking an incidental take permit for its Beech Ridge Wind Energy Project. Such permits are required for projects that might harm endangered or threatened wildlife.
In this case, environmental groups are worried about the endangered Indiana bat and the Virginia big-eared bat. Beech Ridge had built 40 turbines before a federal judge ruled it had failed to obtain the necessary permit. Beech Ridge agreed to seek the permit to end a lawsuit brought by the Washington, D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute and the Williamsburg-based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving the public an extra month to comment on the environmental impact of a wind farm in Greenbrier and Nicholas counties. The comment period ended Monday but was reopened Friday and will now last through September 23rd.
Maryland-based Beech Ridge Energy LLC is seeking an incidental take permit for its Beech Ridge Wind Energy Project. Such permits are required for projects that might harm endangered or threatened wildlife.
In this case, environmental groups are worried about the endangered Indiana bat and the Virginia big-eared bat. Beech Ridge had built 40 turbines before a federal judge ruled it had failed to obtain the necessary permit. Beech Ridge agreed to seek the permit to end a lawsuit brought by the Washington, D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute and the Williamsburg-based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving the public an extra month to comment on the environmental impact of a wind farm in Greenbrier and Nicholas counties. The comment period ended Monday but was reopened Friday and will now last through September 23rd.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:45 AM 
