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STATE OF MAINE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION & FORESTRY LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION 106 HOGAN ROAD, SUITE 8 WALTER E. WHITCOMB PAUL R. LEPAGE BANGOR, MAINE 04401 COMMISSIONER GOVERNOR NICHOLAS D. LIVESAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Memorandum To: Interested Persons From: Stacie R. Beyer, Chief Planner Date: July 28, 2016 Re: Substantive Review, Milton Removal Petition Additional Materials for the Public Hearing ____________________________________________________________________________ LUPC staff has identified or prepared additional materials that may be beneficial to the Commission at the upcoming hearing on the Petition to Remove Milton Township from the Expedited Area for Wind Energy Development. LUPC staff plans to have these materials at the hearing and to enter them into the hearing record. The specific documents are as follows: 1. Milton Twp. Oxford County, Substantive Review. This is a map developed by the Land Use Planning Commission to show existing development and resources in the region, and assist the Commission in understanding testimony at the hearing. 2. Wind Energy Development Projects in Maine, a Combined List of DEP and LUPC Data. The Department of Environmental Protection data was pre-filed by that agency. 3. Wind Power and Wildlife in Maine: A State-wide Geographic Analysis of High-Value Wildlife Resources and Wind Power Classes, Susan Gallo, Wildlife Biologist, Maine Audubon, December 2013. Links to the Maine Audubon website and excerpts from the report were pre-filed by the Petition Circulator. Copies are enclosed for your reference. Any comments that you would like to submit regarding the content of these documents must be submitted to the Land Use Planning Commission by close of business on August 4, 2016. If you have any questions about the additional materials, please contact me. I can be reached during normal business hours by telephone at 207-941-4593 or e-mail at [email protected]. Enclosures BUILDING H, 4TH FLOOR PHONE: 207-941-4052 WWW.MAINE.GOV/DACF/LUPC FAX: 207-941-4222 Land Use Planning Commission Petition to Remove Milton from the Expedited Permitting Area for Wind Energy Development; Substantive Review Attachment 1 Milton Township, Oxford County, Substantive Review Tabloid Map Cherry Bald Mountain Crockett Roxbury Hill Mountain Surplus Mountain Mountain Partridge Old Farrington Gregg Peak Bluff Milton Twp Hill Mountain ± Grafton Notch State Park 120 Saddleback Sable TS Storer Mountain Black Oxford County Hill Little Baldpate Mountain Hill Mountain Lake East North Twin Mountain Mountain TS156 Peak 142 Hedgehog West TS Sustantive Review Hill Peak South Twin Mountain Browns Lone Peak Law 0 1 2 4 Mountain Carr F Mountain Table Mount Long ran Mountain klin Miles Rock Hittie Mountain Ox Potter Grays Farmers Thompson ford Hill Mountain Dresser Hill Black Hill Butterfield Mountain Mountain Hill Walker Old Masterman Gould Hill Speck Hill Holman Hill 4 Mountain Whitecap S Mountain T Mountain Mahoosuc GRAFTON NOTCH STATE PARK Little Puzzle Mann Arm Childs Science Surrounding Towns Mountain Hill Hill Hill Mahoosuc Slide Sunday Towns Mountain Mountain River Sugarloaf Whitecap Puzzle Red Hill Trask Mountain Ledge Severy Waterbodies Fulling Mill 2 Hill Mountain Plumbago £ ¤ Farrington Mountain South Riley Mountain Colonel Holman Mountain Nebo Stowe Lovejoy Brown County Lines Peak Hill Mountain 4 Mountain Rumford Mountain Mountain TS Newton Little Sargent Bald Glass Face 17 Hill Mountain Pinnacle Transmission Lines Mountain Mountain TS North Mountain Red Hill Peak Paine ! ! 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Substantive Review Attachment 2 Wind Energy Development Projects in Maine, A Combined List of DEP and LUPC Data Wind Energy Development Projects in Maine, A Combined List of DEP and LUPC Data Agency Development Name Developer/Owner Town(s) with Generating Facilities Town(s) with Associated Facilities Status Capacity (MW) Startup Date Turbine Type Number of Turbines Notes DEP & Mars Hill Windpower Project First Wind Mars Hill (Aroostook) Mars Hill, Aroostook County Operational 42 3/27/2007 GE 1.5MW 28 Predates WEA Cross-jurisdictional Projects Rollins Wind Project First Wind Burlington, Lee, Lincoln, Winn (Penobscot) Burlington, Lee, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn (Penobscot) Operational 60 7/26/2011 GE 1.5MW 40 Record Hill Wind Independence Wind Roxbury (Oxford) Roxbury (Oxford) Operational 50.6 12/1/2011 Seimens 2.3MW 22 Spruce Mountain Wind Patriot Renewables Woodstock (Oxford) Woodstock (Oxford) Operational 20 12/1/2011 Gamesa 2.0MW 10 Saddleback Ridge Wind, Saddleback Ridge Wind Carthage (Franklin) Canton, Carthage, Dixfield (Franklin, Oxford) Operational 33 12/1/2014 GE 2.75MW 12 LLC (Patriot Renewables) Chester, Glenwood Plt, Linneus, Macwahoc Plt, Mattawamkeag, Turbine capacity in permit is Evergreen Wind Power II, Molunkus Twp, North Yarmouth Academy Grant Twp, Oakfield, Oakfield Wind Oakfield, T4R3 WELS Twp (Aroostook) Operational 148 September, 2015 Vestas 3.0MW 148 3.0MW, development website LLC (First Wind) Reed Plt, T3R3 WELS Twp, T4R3 WELS Twp, Woodville claims 148MW for 48 turbines. (Aroostook, Penobscot) Canton Mountain Wind, Canton Mountain Wind Canton (Oxford) Canton, Dixfield (Oxford) Permitted 22.8 Target is 2016 GE 2.85MW 8 LLC (Patriot Renewables) Passadumkeag Windpark Grand Falls Twp, Greenbush, Greenfield