[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: "DOD, Invenergy reach agreement on Pantego Wind Energy Project" (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release #140103
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (NC)
January 13, 2014

DOD, Invenergy reach agreement on Pantego Wind Energy Project


SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- The Department of Defense and  
Invenergy Wind Development LLC reached an agreement to mitigate  
impacts of the Pantego Wind Energy Project on military training while  
pursuing renewable energy development.

"With this agreement, a careful balance was struck to capitalize on  
the potential of renewable energy in eastern North Carolina, while  
allowing the 4th Fighter Wing to continue its F-15E, low-level flying  
mission," said Col. Jeannie Leavitt, 4th FW commander. "All F-15E  
formal aircrew training is conducted at Seymour Johnson Air Force  
Base and operating areas such as the Dare County Bombing Range are a  
valuable commodity critical to military readiness. This agreement is  
paving the way for renewable wind energy development in this region."

As a result, wind turbines will be placed no closer than four  
nautical miles from the centerline of a major military flying  
training route in eastern North Carolina used extensively by Seymour  
Johnson AFB F-15Es and Navy and Marine Corps aircraft for low-level  
flight training and access to the Dare County Bombing Range.

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123376554

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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