[CPEO-MEF] PAVE PAWS and Cape Wind (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Review: Turbines 'no impact on PAVE PAWS'

By Patrick Cassidy
Cape Cod Time (MA)
November 17, 2007

BOURNE - An Air Force review of the proposed 130 wind turbines Cape Wind 
Associates wants to build in Nantucket Sound has found "no impact on the 
PAVE PAWS radar operations."

In a short statement released late yesterday, the 6th Space Warning 
Squadron reported that Air Force Space Command had developed a series of 
criteria to use in determining whether proposed turbines would impact 
the radar. The criteria include the latitude and longitude of turbines, 
their height above sea level and windmill construction material.

The Air Force contracted Mitre Corp. to study possible effects of Cape 
Wind on the Sagamore radar facility, according to the statement. The 
review did not indicate any problems that would result from the Cape 
Wind project.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/NEWS/711170329/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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