I am opposed to this project until I can learn more.
I have sent the following questions to the list of representatives that follows.
1. I am opposed to its location. It is in the middle of the sound where it will have a negative impact on marine travel as well as potential unknown environmental risks. Why can’t it be built 5 miles East of Nantucket?
2. What impact is drilling to support 170 windmills into Horseshoe Shoal going to have on the shoal’s structure and marine life?
3. What is the measurable, guaranteed financial benefit to the citizens of Massachusetts if the wind farm were to be constructed?
4. What voice do the taxpayers have in the approval/ rejection of this project?
5. Will the area the cable used to transport the harnessed energy from the wind farm to shore be a “restricted” zone?
I'll post any responses I get.
Roop
CONTACTS courtesy of The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
Federal representatives:
· Senator Edward Kennedy
2400 JFK Building, Boston, MA 02203
Phone: (617) 565 - 3170 Fax: (617) 565-3183
Email: senator@kennedy.senate.gov
· Senator John Kerry
One Bowdoin Square, Tenth Floor, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 565-8519 Fax: (617) 248-3870
Email: john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
· Congressman William Delahunt
146 Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 771-0666 Fax: (508) 790-1959
Email: William.Delahunt@mail.house.gov
State representatives:
· Senator Robert O'Leary
Room 413 - E, State House, Boston, MA 02133
(617) 722-1570
(617) 722-1271 Fax
Email: ROleary@senate.state.ma.us
· Rep. Demetrius Atsalis
Room 167, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2692 Fax: (617) 722-2846
Email: Rep.DemetriusAtsalis@hou.state.ma.us
· Rep. Thomas George
Room 548, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2489 Fax: (617) 722-2584
Email: Rep.ThomasGeorge@hou.state.ma.us
· Senator Therese Murray
Room 511-C, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-1570 Fax: (617) 722-1271
Email: Tmurray@senate.state.ma.us
· Rep. Eric Turkington
Room 473-F, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2210 Fax: (617) 722-2239
Email: Rep.EricTurkington@hou.state.ma.us
Local representatives:
· Barnstable Town Council
Town Hall, 367 Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 862-4602 Fax: (508) 862-4770
Email: council@town.barnstable.ma.us
· Mashpee Board of Selectmen
Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Rd., Mashpee, MA 02649
Phone: 508-539-1400
Email: bos@ci.mashpee.ma.us
· Yarmouth Board of Selectmen
Town Hall, 1146 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664
(Phone: 508) 398-2231 Fax: (508) 398-2365
Email: jdaigneault@yarmouth.ma.us
Federal agencies
· U.S. Department of the Interior,
Secretary Gale Norton
1849 C. Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-3100
Email: gale_norton@ios.doi.gov
· U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services
1849 C. Street NW Room 400, Room 400 Arlington Square
Washington D.C. 20240
Phone: (703) 358-2201
Email: contact@fws.gov
· United States Coast Guard
408 Atlantic Ave #5, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 223-8600 Fax: (617) 223-8523
Email: d1.uscg@worldnet.att.net
State & local agencies
· Mass. Environmental Policy Act
Bob Durand, 251 Causeway Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 727-9800
Email: bob.durand@state.ma.us
· Army Corps Of Engineers
Colonel Brian E. Osterndorf, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742
Phone: (978) 318-8220
Email: Brian.E.Osterndorf.col@USACE.army.mil
· Mass Coastal Zone Management Agency
Thomas Skinner, Director, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 727-9530
Email: thomas.skinner@massmail.state.ma.us
· Massachusetts Audubon Society
Heidi Roddis, Senior Policy Specialist
208 South Great Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773
Phone: (781) 259-9500 x7260 Fax: (781) 259-1089
Email: hroddis@massaudubon.org
· Cape Cod Commission
3225 Main St, P.O. Box 226, Barnstable MA 02630
Phone: (508) 362-3828
Email: frontdesk@capecodcommission.org
· Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Greg Watson, Program Director
75 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581-3340
Phone: (508) 870-0312
Email: watson@mtpc.org
· Mass Division of Marine Fisheries
Paul Diodati, Director
251 Causeway Street Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 626-1520
Email: marine.fish@state.ma.us
· Energy Facility Siting Board
1 South Station, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-305-3500
Email: peter.ray@state.ma.us
I have sent the following questions to the list of representatives that follows.
1. I am opposed to its location. It is in the middle of the sound where it will have a negative impact on marine travel as well as potential unknown environmental risks. Why can’t it be built 5 miles East of Nantucket?
2. What impact is drilling to support 170 windmills into Horseshoe Shoal going to have on the shoal’s structure and marine life?
3. What is the measurable, guaranteed financial benefit to the citizens of Massachusetts if the wind farm were to be constructed?
4. What voice do the taxpayers have in the approval/ rejection of this project?
5. Will the area the cable used to transport the harnessed energy from the wind farm to shore be a “restricted” zone?
I'll post any responses I get.
Roop
CONTACTS courtesy of The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
Federal representatives:
· Senator Edward Kennedy
2400 JFK Building, Boston, MA 02203
Phone: (617) 565 - 3170 Fax: (617) 565-3183
Email: senator@kennedy.senate.gov
· Senator John Kerry
One Bowdoin Square, Tenth Floor, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 565-8519 Fax: (617) 248-3870
Email: john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
· Congressman William Delahunt
146 Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 771-0666 Fax: (508) 790-1959
Email: William.Delahunt@mail.house.gov
State representatives:
· Senator Robert O'Leary
Room 413 - E, State House, Boston, MA 02133
(617) 722-1570
(617) 722-1271 Fax
Email: ROleary@senate.state.ma.us
· Rep. Demetrius Atsalis
Room 167, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2692 Fax: (617) 722-2846
Email: Rep.DemetriusAtsalis@hou.state.ma.us
· Rep. Thomas George
Room 548, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2489 Fax: (617) 722-2584
Email: Rep.ThomasGeorge@hou.state.ma.us
· Senator Therese Murray
Room 511-C, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-1570 Fax: (617) 722-1271
Email: Tmurray@senate.state.ma.us
· Rep. Eric Turkington
Room 473-F, State House, Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 722-2210 Fax: (617) 722-2239
Email: Rep.EricTurkington@hou.state.ma.us
Local representatives:
· Barnstable Town Council
Town Hall, 367 Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 862-4602 Fax: (508) 862-4770
Email: council@town.barnstable.ma.us
· Mashpee Board of Selectmen
Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Rd., Mashpee, MA 02649
Phone: 508-539-1400
Email: bos@ci.mashpee.ma.us
· Yarmouth Board of Selectmen
Town Hall, 1146 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664
(Phone: 508) 398-2231 Fax: (508) 398-2365
Email: jdaigneault@yarmouth.ma.us
Federal agencies
· U.S. Department of the Interior,
Secretary Gale Norton
1849 C. Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-3100
Email: gale_norton@ios.doi.gov
· U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services
1849 C. Street NW Room 400, Room 400 Arlington Square
Washington D.C. 20240
Phone: (703) 358-2201
Email: contact@fws.gov
· United States Coast Guard
408 Atlantic Ave #5, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 223-8600 Fax: (617) 223-8523
Email: d1.uscg@worldnet.att.net
State & local agencies
· Mass. Environmental Policy Act
Bob Durand, 251 Causeway Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 727-9800
Email: bob.durand@state.ma.us
· Army Corps Of Engineers
Colonel Brian E. Osterndorf, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742
Phone: (978) 318-8220
Email: Brian.E.Osterndorf.col@USACE.army.mil
· Mass Coastal Zone Management Agency
Thomas Skinner, Director, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 727-9530
Email: thomas.skinner@massmail.state.ma.us
· Massachusetts Audubon Society
Heidi Roddis, Senior Policy Specialist
208 South Great Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773
Phone: (781) 259-9500 x7260 Fax: (781) 259-1089
Email: hroddis@massaudubon.org
· Cape Cod Commission
3225 Main St, P.O. Box 226, Barnstable MA 02630
Phone: (508) 362-3828
Email: frontdesk@capecodcommission.org
· Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Greg Watson, Program Director
75 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581-3340
Phone: (508) 870-0312
Email: watson@mtpc.org
· Mass Division of Marine Fisheries
Paul Diodati, Director
251 Causeway Street Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 626-1520
Email: marine.fish@state.ma.us
· Energy Facility Siting Board
1 South Station, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-305-3500
Email: peter.ray@state.ma.us