Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 8, 2012
WIND FARMS
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE know our county has the
Jepsen, in a letter
to the planning com m is
sion entered as testimony
at the Dec. 6 public hear
ing, said he “voiced strong
opposition to the proposed
installation o f all windmill
projects in the surrounding
lone, W illow/Rhea Creek
area.”
Jepsen did not per
sonally attend the hearing,
and his letter was the only
objection to the project.
No one publicly testified
against the wind farm at the
public hearing.
A letter o f sup
port from Ed Martin, prop
erty owner in the area, said,
“1 strongly believe in the
im portance and forw ard
progress o f the permit pro
cess for the Ella Butte Wind
Power Project. Our area and
our overall economy will
benefit from this project
and I strongly encourage
the granting of th e.. .permit.
It is very encouraging to
opportunity to diverse its
economic base and have all
o f us benefit.”
As part o f his ap
peal, Jepsen also asserts
that the county did not
follow proper procedures
when approving the proj
ect, and that the siting pro
cess should be turned over
to Oregon Energy Siting
Council. Windmill projects
do not need to go to the state
siting council, and can be
sited locally by the'county
planning department if they
are under 105 megawatts,
which the Ella Butte proj
ect is.
In his appeal,
Jepsen also asserts that the
county failed to include a
noise ordinance in the per
mitting process. Although
wind farms are governed
by state noise law s, the
state since 1996 has refused
to provide any money for
enforcement o f those laws.
The county determined that
it does not have the experts
or funding to monitor or en
force the noise ordinances,
so the planning com m is
sion, on approving the per
mit, voted to strike the noise
compliance from its list of
conditions.
According to coun
ty counsel, the farms will
still be required to obey
state noise standards, how
ever. it will no longer be
up to the county to moni
tor or enforce those noise
standards. Any failure on
the part o f the wind farms
to comply needs to be ad
dressed directly by an ag
grieved landowner, w ith re
course being civil in nature.
The planning commission
contends that consideration
o f noise was given, and
adequate protections are
available under Oregon Ad
ministrative Rules, which
governs wind farm noise.
In replying to the
appeal, the planning depart
ment says Jepsen has failed
to show how the wind farm
will affect property values
or loss o f business, and that
the county did in fact follow
proper procedure when ap
proving the application.
“Planning statfand
the planning comm ission
did follow the procedures
for both processing an ap
p lic a tio n and ho ld in g a
hearin g ....” The planning
also showed that assessing
visual impacts o f the wind
farm are not required under
the siting process, since no
state-w ide planning Goal
Five items were identified
in the appeal.
Oregon Statewide
Planning Goal Five would
be used in special instances
to protect natural resources
and conserve scenic and
h isto ric areas and open
spaces.
The county court
will hear the appeal at its
regularly scheduled meet
ing on Feb. 15 in Board-
man.
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Nordic club outing
The Heppner Arbuckle Nordic Club had some new faces show
up for their outing on January 4, and 10 participants skied out
the 5350 road. The weather was beautiful, w ith blue skies and
lots of sunshine. The road up Coal Mine is still open and it al
lowed members to get to some excellent trail conditions. Next
w eekend, the club hopes to be on more level terrain for any new
skiers who would like to show up. (L-K): John Edmundson,
Jeff Edmundson, Nancy Miller, Kristy Crowell, Sherry Ewing,
Bill Ewing, Luanne Brownfield, Doreen Eng and John Eng.
-Contributed photo
Community lunch menu
Nazarene and Seventh Day Adventist church
members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, February
15 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include
meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, hot
rolls and apple cobbler. Milk is served at each meal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
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