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Notice of Acceptance of Draft EIS and Public Hearing

Jefferson County - The Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Power Project. A public hearing on the Draft EIS will be held on January 26, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the REC Park, 602, South James Street, Cape Vincent, NY. Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted until February 29, 2008. The action involves a proposed wind-powered generating facility of up to 140 wind turbines having a combined total maximum Project capacity of up to 210 megawatts. The Project will also include access roads, buried and aboveground electric cable, a substation, an operation and maintenance facility, and construction-related facilities including two temporary concrete batch plants. The Project is located approximately two miles southeast of the Village of Cape Vincent and six miles northwest of the Village of Chaumont, New York.

Contact: Richard J. Edsall, Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board, P.O. Box 915, Cape Vincent, NY 13618, Phone: (315) 654-3885.

 This can also be linked at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20080102_not6.html

Draft Environmental Impact Statement Town of Cape Vincent
Jefferson County, New York
December 2007

Table of Contents (PDF 209KB)
Executive Summary (PDF 1.31MB)

Section 1
Project Description(PDF 146KB)
Figure 1.1-1 Project Location Map (PDF 550KB)
Figure 1.1-2 Proposed Cape Vincent Wind Power
Project Boundary (PDF 396KB)
Figure 1.1-3 Coastal Zone Boundary Map with Alternative Transmission Corridors (PDF 199KB)

Section 2
Environmental Setting
Due to the size of this section, it has been broken into sections for ease of use.

Section 2.1 - 2.4 (PDF 80KB)
Section 2.5 - 2.8 (PDF 713KB)
Figure 2.5 Land Use Map (PDF 985KB)
Figure 2.7 Approximate Wetland Boundaries (PDF 477KB)
Section 2.9 - 2.12 (PDF 588KB)
Section 2.13 - 2.16 (PDF 424KB)
Section 2.17 - 2.20 (PDF 70KB)
Section 2.21 - 2.24 (PDF 84KB)
Figure 2.23-1 Agricultural Districts Map (PDF 727KB)
Figure 2.23-2 Coastal Zone Boundary Map (PDF 633KB)
Figure 2.23-3 State Managed Lands Map (PDF 608KB)
Figure 2.23-4 Town of Cape Vincent Zoning Boundaries Map (PDF 607KB)
Section 2.25 - 2.30 (PDF 128KB)

Section 3 - 7
Impacts and Benefits (PDF 50KB)

Section 8
References (PDF 44KB)

Appendices
A Construction Drawings - to be provided in Final
B SEQRA Documentation - to be provided in Final
C Wetland Delineation Report - to be provided in Final
D Wetland Mitigation Plan - to be provided in Final
E Agency Correspondence - pending
F Avian and Bat Studies for the Proposed Cape Vincent Wind Power Project (PDF 2.2MB)
G Visual Impact Assessment (PDF 1.75MB)
Figure 1 Topography Only Viewshed (PDF 2.67MB)
Figure 2 Vegetated viewshed (PDF 3.06MB)
Figure 3 FAA Vegetated Viewshed (PDF 3.00MB)
Photo 1 Photographic Simulations(PDF 4.2MB)
Photo 2 Photographic Simulations (PDF 4.64MB)
Photo 3 Photographic Simulations (PDF 2.32MB)
H Noise Impact Assessment (PDF 1.73MB)
I Radiowave Study (PDF 780KB)
J Traffic and Transportation Plan - to be provided in Final
K Local Laws and Ordinances - to be provided in Final
L Decommissioning Plan - to be provided in Final
M Health and Safety Plan (PDF 409KB)
N Architectural Survey Report - to be provided in Final
O Phase 1 Archeological Survey (PDF 2.57MB)
P Technical Reports (PDF 783KB)

Supplemental DEIS Studies
Winter Noise Modeling (PDF 636KB)