CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

April 15, 2008

TO: Town Council Members
Town Planning Board Members
Residents of Clayton
Residents of Orleans
Residents of Jefferson County
Jefferson County Legislators
Members of ECCO
Interested Parties for Residents Living Next Turbines

ECCO has been given the attached copies of the new noise study “Accuracy of Model Predications and Effects of Atmospheric Stability on Wind Turbine Noise at Maple Ridge Wind Power Facility, Lowville, New York – 2007 “. Also attached is a copy of Mr. Clifford Schneider’s letter to Mr. Steve Tomasik, Energy Projects and Management, NYS DEC.

ECCO asks that you take the time to read this document. The Clayton and Orleans Industrial Horse Creek Wind Power Project is the same energy company that owns the Maple Ridge Wind Farm, PPM Energy. The Clayton and Orleans turbine settings are precisely the same turbine settings as those in the Maple Ridge Wind Farm, 1250 feet from a resident’s home.

The chief complaint of residents living next to turbines is the noise impacts from the turbines both audible and inaudible sound. These machines are harmful to health and welfare if not set correctly. It is important that the turbines be set using the sound measurements from resident’s property lines to protect residents from these side effects. The NYS DEC has noise assessment guidelines for use by Townships to help protect residents. The Towns of Clayton and Orleans local law/ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities is not using these guidelines. To date the NYS DEC has not taken an active role as part of their review process of wind farm projects on the noise analysis impacts. NYS DEC must start becoming active in this part of the permitting process of wind energy projects. Our Town leaders continue to ignore their resident’s letters to change the local law then it is time for residents in all of Jefferson County to write to the NYS DEC telling them to become active in the review of the noise analysis from the turbines proposed in wind projects. We ask you to write to Mr. Tomasik asking the NYS DEC to be active in this role and that projects should use the recommended guidelines set by NYS DEC on Noise Assessment for placement of wind turbines.

To date Residents in the Townships of Clayton and Orleans are continuing to ask the Town Councils (they control the local law/ordinance) of these two Townships to amend their Local Law/Ordinance of 2007 for Wind Energy Facilities to use the NYS DEC Noise Assessment Guidelines using residents property lines. This past year ECCO has brought forward to these Townships factual documented information on harmful side effects as well as we have provided engineers and acoustic experienced engineers to speak to these Townships that the present local law/ordinance is harmful to residents in the Horse Creek Wind Farm Project if it is not changed. We residents must insist on a “responsible” local law/ordinance be in place before the turbines go up. There are over 2,500 residents affected by these 62 turbines in Horse Creek.

Please distribute these documents and ask your families, friends and neighbors to write on behalf of all residents in Jefferson County who will live within and one and half mile from all industrial wind energy projects here.

Thank you
ECCO