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Scipio Supervisor Gary Mutchler and Venice Supervisor Stefan McGonagle each told 人兽性交 their towns have reached a stalemate with Liberty Renewables, whose Agricola Wind Project would consist of up to two dozen 600-foot turbines that would generate 99 megawatts of electricity on a 50-acre site between the towns.

Along with not getting all the information they want from the developer, the supervisors said their municipal home rule is being stifled by the state. Its of 2024 gives renewable energy developers a streamlined permit approval process, and grants the state Office of Renewable Energy Siting the ability to operate without local government approval.

The supervisors aren't alone in their opposition. They're joined by the new Alliance to Preserve the Finger Lakes, and yard signs protesting the project have become common in southern Cayuga County.

Now, Mutchler and McGonagle hope that opposition will translate into strong turnout at a public forum hosted by the state office on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn. Those in attendance will have three minutes each to comment on Liberty's permit application, which was submitted in November and is now under review.

"We need to do everything we can to protect the town from large-scale projects that don't represent the town's rules," McGonagle said.

Liberty Permitting Manager Meg Lee told 人兽性交 the Albany developer will not present at the meeting, but will have a representative in attendance. Concerns can also be submitted online at , emailed to ores.comments@dps.ny.gov or mailed to ORES at Empire State Plaza, P-1 South, J Dock, Albany, NY 12242.

Since 2020, Liberty has held four open houses, community office hours and more than 20 town meetings in Scipio and Venice, Lee added.聽

鈥淟iberty Renewables is committed to participating in open and transparent conversations and believes that community input is critical to a successful project,鈥� she said.

McGonagle said Venice has a good, respectful and communicative relationship with Liberty, which has said Agricola Wind will invest $63 million locally and create three permanent jobs on top of 89 temporary ones in construction. The project will also come with community partnerships, the developer continued, and a utility rebate program for local customers.

Buried concerns

But Melissa Alford, a member of the Scipio Planning Board, believes Liberty and the state could be more transparent about the project and its potential environmental risks.聽

"We haven't changed our minds to play ball," she told 人兽性交.

For instance, information in a bird study about endangered species and flight patterns was redacted by ORES, Alford said.

Lee said such redactions are not only legal but purposeful, as they prevent "unwanted attention and traffic" that could pose a threat to those species and their habitats.聽

Alford said the town is also concerned about turbine infrastructure being left underground after decommissioning. The structures have a life span of about 25 to 30 years, Liberty said.

Lee said turbine foundations reach as far as 10 to 14 feet below the surface. One bullet of the developer's Agricola聽decommissioning plan reads, "removal of turbine foundations to a depth of 4 feet below grade," but she did not respond to a follow-up question asking whether the entire foundations would be removed.

Elsewhere, Liberty promises the removal and transportation of all turbine components, as well as the return of land to its "predevelopment condition, either tilled to a farmable condition or revegetated to match preconstruction conditions.鈥� But leaving 6 to 10 feet of turbine foundation in the ground, Alford said, is not returning land to its original condition.

If that foundation is left in the ground, she continued, it could hinder agriculture or interfere with digging equipment, which can reach as far as 7 feet deep.

"It's going to be catastrophic in terms of what we're going to experience," Alford said. "They're covering their butts from massive outrage."