The Environmental Protection Agency has delegated emissions control for the planned NRG/Bluewater Wind project to state regulators, WGMD News in Delware reported yesterday. The emissions control relates primarily to construction activities.
“The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control was granted delegating authority this week by the Environmental Protection Agency through a statute of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to the outer continental shelf,” WGMD.com reported. “The first action in Delaware that will be subject to these regulations is a proposed meteorological tower associated with the Blue Water Wind project.”
The project had been experiencing delays in working with the EPA. DNREC Secretary Collin P. O’Mara was quoted as saying the delegation ensures “that the promise of offshore wind is realized in a timely fashion.”
NY Town Council Opposes Great Lakes Wind
The town council of Greece, NY, has voted unanimously to oppose the New York Power Authority’s plan to develop offshore wind power on Lake Erie or Lake Ontario, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported yesterday.
“That’s a residential area, and from an aesthetic standpoint, residents didn’t want development into what they consider a national treasure, Lake Ontario,” town Supervisor John Auberger was quoted as saying.
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