Residents of the townships of Clayton and Orleans sat in bewilderment at a recent planning board meeting and watched as the public comments to the DGEIS for Horse Creek Wind Farm were turned over to PPM Energy's hired research firm for review. What a slap in the face. The comments were in a huge binder and Ms Enders of EDR, firm hired by PPM Energy, explained to the planning board how she would analyse these responses. There was NO opportunity for public comment at this meeting. I will have to say that the planning board chairman did make a copy of the comments for each member. Ms Enders told him he did not have to.
This is a disgrace to every resident and agency who worked so hard to research and supply their opinions to this wind farm. It is bad enough that we have had to fight to dissallow a generic DGEIS and lose our fight on this but even more so to watch all our hard work literally go down the drain. We have seeked council to fight this and have asked the township to seek an unbiased company to review these comments.
In fairness to the 15 or so members of the planning board I will say a few made some very good comments to PPM regarding the harsh comments from US Fish & Wildlife and NYSDEC reports. Ms Enders reply --- we can work out the problems with minimal affects--
There is no words to discribe how residents feel over this event. One minute you think the townships are working with you, the next.. well need I say more.