Comments of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on Cape Wind (They don't approve.)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.achp.gov/docs/CapeWindComments.pdf

Comments of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on
The proposed authorization by the Minerals Management Service for Cape Wind Associates, LLC
To construct the Cape Wind Energy project on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts

April 2, 2010

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PROJECT-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS

The ACHP recommends that the Secretary not approve the Project. The indirect and direct effects of the Project on the collection of historic properties would be pervasive, destructive, and, in the instance of seabed construction, permanent. By their nature and scope, the effects cannot be adequately mitigated at the proposed site.

The development of renewable energy projects is not inherently incompatible with protection of historic resources, so long as full consideration is given to historic properties early in the identification of potential locations. The ACHP believes that wind energy production on the OCS in the vicinity of the current project area could proceed in a manner that would be consistent with protecting Nantucket Sound and the surrounding historic properties. It appears that the selection of nearby alternatives might result in far fewer adverse effects to historic properties, and holds the possibility that those effects could be acceptably minimized or mitigated.

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[joshcryer]

1. Unsurprising.