Response to comments from Town of Cape Vincent
Town Recommendations
The latest information, e.g., Old Bird, Inc., suggests that
the mortality estimates available from Wolfe Island have been compromised,
e.g., under estimated losses by 40%, and that the data needs to be reconsidered
and mortality rates recalculated. Risk assessments based on these
reformulations should then be conducted to estimate expected losses for both
BP's Project and the cumulative mortality impacts to the region.
RESPONSE: As previously stated, in addition to the Article 11
Application’s analysis of impacts to state-listed species, the Article 10
Application will include a thorough analysis of avian and bat use and the
potential for avian and bat mortality at the Project. This analysis will be
quantitative to the extent possible, although the relationship between
pre-construction avian and bat use and subsequent avian and bat mortality
levels at wind energy facilities is not well understood for most genera
(Strickland et al. 2011). The Article 10 Application will also include a
thorough analysis of cumulative effects to avian and bat resources. This
analysis will be quantitative to the extent possible, although there is an
inherent amount of uncertainty concerning future development of other projects
and wind energy facilities in the area.
For example, as reflected in the county
and town records, the Cape Vincent area has under gone extensive property
sub-division and housing development over the past few decades. Continued
development of this nature will change the nature of the area from rural to
residential, while development of wind farms will maintain the rural nature,
and have differing mortality impacts to birds and bats
(e.g. destruction of
habitat, introduction of non-native species such as domestic cats).
Predicting the future outcome of wildlife mortality for cumulative effects is difficult given the uncertainty over what development will occur.
This response is not relative to the Towns Recommendations.
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| Bird Mortality Impacting- Non-Native Species Case NO:12-F-0410 Response to comments from Town of Cape Vincent |
Predicting the future outcome of wildlife mortality for cumulative effects is difficult given the uncertainty over what development will occur.
This response is not relative to the Towns Recommendations.
4 comments:
"Continued development of this nature will change the nature of the area from rural to residential..."
So they acknowledge that they are proposing a massive wind farm in a town that is increasingly residential and increasingly less rural?
And they don't see a problem with that?
Stop the madness.
It makes one wonder if Bee Pee reads its own work after the copy and paste it and submit it to the PSC.
But, as you can see, our local experts are right on top of the situation and are reading every word.
Can you imaging what this would have been like if Edsall and the Rienbeck gang were still in control?
They would still be trying to figure out how they will get here.
This November, don't let pro wind take back the government and give it to BP.
The solution?
Demand new bat and bird studies to make sure who is right on this issue. Assume that you can't trust BP on anything. After all at this moment they are convicted felons and are facing 2600 lawsuits and more being filed everyday.
The only invasive species I see around here is Richard Chandler and Marion Trieste. Tell them to please go home.
It is pretty clear that BP is going through the motions to try to keep this project pending so they can sell a "pending" project. They can't sell a defunct and discontinued project for anything.
The crime would be if the State of New York, at the expense of Cape Vincent and the surrounding area, facilitated and enabled BP in this going out of business sale by allowing them to keep this project pending when it should be declared "Spoiled. Dangerous for Human and Animal Consumption. Not for Re-Sale."
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