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Federal Activities
Wind Energy
The New
England Field Office is actively involved in the
review of proposed wind energy projects in Vermont,
New Hampshire
and Massachusetts and provides comments as a cooperating
agency under the National
Environmental Policy Act, consults under section
7 of the Endangered Species Act and provides technical
assistance on wind power projects. For projects
which affect wetlands or waterways, the New England
Field Office may provide comments to the Corps under
Section
404 of the Clean Water Act or Section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act. Finally, for those projects on the
outer continental shelf, the Service provides
advice and comments to the Minerals Management Service.
New England Field
Office staff are actively involved with state and
other partners
in developing and reviewing potential research
or study techniques related to bird and bat migration
in New
England in order to assess the potential risks
to these species from wind power development along
ridge lines
and off the coast.
Helpful links:
![image of wind turpine](images/wind and radar, Deerfield Project, VT.JPG) |
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Last updated:
December 4, 2008