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3/3/11 Unhappy Anniversary: It's been three years and like a bad neighbor, Invenergy's turbine #4 is there.
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Note from the BPWI Research Nerd--
It's been three years since the 86 turbine Invenergy wind project went on line near the Town of Byron in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Today, March 3, marks the third anniversary of the activation of Invenergy's 400 foot tall turbine #4.
The Public Service Commission allowed Invenergy to erect a turbine that is forty stories tall weighing more than 250 tons less than 1600 feet from a home belonging to the Meyer Family.
(Note: The PSC also permitted Invenergy to site these same turbines as close as 1000 feet from non-participating homes in this project)
Gerry Meyer began keeping a noise diary three years ago. Here's how it begins:
March 3, 2008
Turbine #4 turning slow for the first time. 10:00 pm I went out to check the fire and I looked up in the sky to try and see the jet flying over. It was not a jet, but the turbine.
March 6, 2008
Same sound as Wednesday the 3rd of March
March 7, 2008
Turbine sound. Our 13 year old son, complained of a headache. He had not been told headaches being one of the side effects of turbine noise. My wife and I were concerned about how the turbine noise would affect him. He has become our son via social services with many problems. His ears are like that of Radar on MASH. He hears sounds before we do, such as fire department sirens.
Three Years have passed.
Here is a recent e-mail from Gerry Meyer
February 11 2011– 5:40AM. We went to bed last night at 10:20PM.
This was the worst night of sleep since the turbines went up almost 3 years ago.
I was woke up at 11:38. Even on bad nights I usually get 2 or 3 hours of sleep before being woke up. I was woke up every hour after that. I thought I would remember the other times but I can’t remember them this morning. At one of the wake ups I had a head ache-- At 5:38AM I was woke up to the thumping sound of the turbines and could no longer sleep. It is Sunday morning. It would be nice to sleep a little later, but it is not possible. I am so angry as I type this my fingers are shaking.
Video below, filmed by Gerry Meyer:
Turbine #4 is the closest one to the house but there are many others. Click on the video below to see them and hear what Gerry Meyer has to say about living in the wind project.
Better Plan posted the following in 2008: Excerpts from Gerry Meyer's turbine noise diary
GOT TURBINE NOISE?
Today we feature the first entries of a noise log kept by a Brownsville family who live 3/4 miles east of South Byron in Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin.
The new wind turbines have just gone on line there. They aren't the only family we've heard are having turbine troubles. We've heard from several. Children seem to be especially affected by noise and headaches.
If you are having problems with turbines it's important you start a day to day diary right away so you will have a record of what is happening to you. And please let us know how you are doing!
The Diary Begins:
Our family lives on County Road Y in Brownsville, Wisconsin, which is about ¾ of mile east of South Byron.
Turbine # 4 is 1560 feet behind my house.
Turbine # 3a is about 500 feet mostly east and a little north of turbine #4.
Turbine #6 is about ¾ of mile to the northwest of our home.
Across the road, mostly south and slightly west is turbine #73 at a distance of 2480 feet.
Down the hill to the west is turbine #74a which is about ¾ of a mile away.
We can hear all five of these turbines at various times.
The following is a log of our experiences with wind turbine noise
March 3, 2008
Turbine #4 turning slow for the first time. 10:00 pm I went out to check the fire and I looked up in the sky to try and see the jet flying over. It was not a jet, but the turbine.
March 6, 2008
Same sound as Wednesday the 3rd of March
March 7, 2008
Turbine sound. Our 13 year old son, complained of a headache. He had not been told headaches being one of the side effects of turbine noise. My wife and I were concerned about how the turbine noise would affect him. He has become our son via social services with many problems. His ears are like that of Radar on MASH. He hears sounds before we do, such as fire department sirens.
March 8, 2008
Saturday AM. Loudest so far. Like jet in sky with whoosh to it. I have not written every day. That does not mean the turbine sound is not there. I feel we may never have peace and quiet ever again. We can only hope there are days with no breeze.
March 10, 2008
5pm. Sounds like a high flying jet. 10pm Low flying jet. At 10pm loudest I have heard it. My son still has headache.
March 18, 2008
#4 not turning but could hear whose of #6. We could hear the turbines daily so if there is no record that does not mean there was no sound.
March 25, 2008
Could hear whoosh of #3a. #4 not turning at 4:45 PM. At 5:30PM #6 turning with jet sound of whoosh of turning blades.
Our son is a foster child we adopted. He has lots of issues which are mostly behavior but also include mental problems. If we just stopped by to talk and you interacted with him you would not know, but tick him off and you would see it. He is like Radar on MASH in that he usually hears sirens before we do. My wife was concerned about his health when talk began about turbines and then we received information about health issues. Our son does not know about the health issues from us or from anyone talking about them.
Soon after #4 began turning he had a bad headache. It lasted about four days or he mentioned them for four days. At school there is a complicated way to help him try and behave and do his schoolwork. He does not focus and is angered easily. So there is a level system with level 4 being the best and in level 1 he is in solitary confinement and cannot go to his regular classes. Level 3 he is in the special ed. Room with other students. Level 2 he is in the special ed room but kept from other students. For about two weeks he did well and stayed at level 4. After the turbine began turning and the headaches he has now gone to level 1. I should also say he can only go up or down one level in a day. Since Wednesday he has told teachers and the principal and us that his head is spinning and in some cases he tells us that his head is spinning 100 miles an hour. I would guess it has a connection to his behavior at school. Sometimes we can hear the turbine while in our house.
March 26, 2008
#4, #3a & #6 running. Can distinguish between #3a and #4 jet sound whoosh.
March 27, 2008
Fairly quiet
March 28, 2008
Not much wind. Slow turn. Not much noise.
March 29, 2008
Wind from SE. Jet sound with only slight Wind.
March 30, 2008
Turbines around us not running much.
March 31, 2008
6AM Jet sound. 10PM fog, drizzle. Woosh sound.
April 1, 2008
Wind NW 14 mph. 6:15AM #4 not running. I hear #6 with jet sound.
2:30 PM tower #6 still very loud.
April 2, 2008
6AM. Wind from the SW. #4 jet sound. Now hearing #73 and #74a as the have come on line. In the afternoon #74 is louder than #73.
April 3, 2008
6AM Some sound from #4
April 4, 2008
6AM #4 turning slow, no wind. 11PM #4 and 73 loud and sound like jet going over
April 5, 2008
Our son could not sleep and was up at 1:30 AM. I sent him back to bed and went to our family room in the north end of the house. I could hear turbine #6 from inside the house. Remember that turbine is ¾ of a mile from our house. I turned on the TV (low sound) and could still hear the turbine.
7:30 AM Definitely that jet sound from #4.
Can also hear #’s 3a, 6 and 73. I had a brief unusual feeling in my head somewhat like when one gets off a roller coaster. This was around 11:00AM. This is the loudest the sound has been since March 5th. At 11pm still that jet sound.
April 6, 2008
6-6:15 AM. Wind from the South. Turbine #’s 4, 6, 73, 74a all turning. Jet sound as soon as I went out the house door. 9AM #’s 6 &73 loudest. 10PM #4 quite loud. Saturday has been the worst day so far.
April 7, 2008
5:30 AM Can hear the turbines easy.
10:00 PM Quietest in 3 days
April 8, 2008
Drizzle and not many turbines turning at 10PM. #4 some sound
April 9, 2008
My wife told me she had a headache Friday through Monday with turbines turning. She had no headache Tuesday. Turbine was not turning. This morning she told me she has a headache and asked me if the turbine is turning. Yes it is.
April 10, 2008
Fairly quiet today.
April 11, 2008
6AM Could hear the woosh but turbines were hidden in fog. 3:00 PM Loud, jet sound with strong south wind.
April 12, 2008
7:00 AM #4 Jet sound with whoosh sound. At breakfast I asked my son if he could hear the turbines in the house. “Yes, and I hear them in my room,” he said, “Some nights I can’t sleep” His room is upstairs in the SW corner of the house. As I sit below his room (inside the house) I can hear the turbine.
This interview is with Gerry Meyer, who carried mail in his community for 30 years. He also keeps the Brownsville Diary, a daily turbine noise log that can be read by clicking here
For those whose internet connection isn't fast enough to watch the video, a transcript is provided below
GERRY MEYER INTERVIEW- Spring 2008
Town of Byron, Fond du Lac County, WI
GERRY: Well I've been keeping a daily log and I think it was March 5th the turbine that is 1560 feet behind our house was turned on. I didn't know it at first. I walked out of the door and when I walked down the sidewalk and I heard the sound of a jet flying over so I'm looking up in the sky for this jet. Well it wasn't a jet. It was the turbine going.
So the majority of the time it sounds like a jet going over. Sometimes the whooosh whooosh whooosh of the blades turning around.
We have another turbine that's about 2800 feet across the road and at times that one is just as loud as the one behind our house. In all we hear five of them from our house.
Q: Have you noticed any change in your quality of life because of the noise, or has anyone in your family noticed any change in their quality of life?
Last Saturday seemed to be the loudest when all five of them were running. At one point I was walking across the yard, I had a little funny feeling, I don't know, a different feeling inside of my head kind of like after you get off a roller coaster, you're not completely stable.
We have a 13 year old son we adopted through social services who has a lot of issues, emotional issues, health issues, and a couple days after the turbine started turning-- the one behind our house-- he had headaches for about three or four days, pretty strong headaches--- and he's on an unusual program at school because of discipline. Level four being the best, he can stay in the class room with other students. Level three he's in a special ed room, level two he's in the special ed room but segregated from the other children and level one he's in a different room, kind of like solitary confinement . And after these headaches he went from level four down to level one and two for almost two weeks.
He'd come home and tell us, he'd tell the principal, tell his teachers that he felt his head was spinning a hundred miles an hour. So we can't prove at this time that it's from the turbines but we're thinking there's a connection.
When we first heard that the turbines were going to be built in our area my wife was especially concerned because our son is kind of like Radar on "Mash"-- he hears a siren, tells us there's a siren, but we don't hear any siren, then a couple of seconds later sure enough the fire department is out or there's an ambulance run taking place.
Q What has the interaction with the local officials-- either township or county-- been with its residents?
I think most of the ground work had taken place before the residents were aware. I think the energy people had visited the counties, the towns, and it was cut and dry. And then there was a few local residents who caught wind of it and attended meetings and tried to tell the town officials-- here it's a very small township-- there's a chairman and two supervisors-- we're in the town of Byron, Fond du Lac County, it's the southern edge of Fond du Lac County.
Q When you talk to the neighbors in this area, what's the general consensus, are they satisfied with the project?
I think some of the farmers feel they were mislead. And after they signed the contract the energy company pretty much walked all over their land. They didn't build roads in a common sense manner, they stayed off of fence lines-- in some cases they went along the fence line and then cut diagonally across the field. I was at the first meeting when the energy company came and said maybe there would be an acre to two acres of land being disturbed on each site. And if you take the width of the road and the distance-- some of them are a quarter to a half mile off the main road, they're disturbing quite a bit of land.
Q. Are there a lot of homes out here that turbines are situated close to?
I would say yes. The majority of the turbines would be close to homes. The set back is 1000 feet. However we're 1500 feet and 2400 feet and we hear them and to me they are a real nuisance. And 2500 feet should be a minimum.
Q. Under state guidelines they can come closer to your home.You're already being affected by the distance they're at now. At a thousand feet, what do you think, would they be unbearable?
I would think, in time, from what I've heard, that the low frequency noise, something we may not hear or be aware of, but it's in the air, and our bodies feel it even though sometimes consciously we're not hearing or feeling it. There's one thats about three quarters of a mile from my house, last Friday my son woke up at 1:30, I saw the light on and I sent him to bed, and I could hear something, I went into our family room and I could hear Turbine #6 which is three quarters of a mile away, inside my house. To me, that shouldn't be.
Click on the image above to hear wind turbine #4 from the Meyer's front porch.
Here's Better Plan's post from last year at this time, when the Meyer's had been living with the turbines for two yearS.
What's it like to live in the 86 turbine Invenergy Forward Energy wind project?
Here are two recent notes to Better Plan from the Meyer Family. They are residents of the Invenergy Forward Energy wind project near the Town of Byron in Fond du Lac county.
Since the turbines went online near their home two years ago, they have had trouble sleeping, increased blood pressure, ringing and crackling in the ears and headaches. Cheryl has been taking sleeping medication, something she never needed before the turbines started up.
The closest turbine to their home is less than 1600 feet.
From Cheryl Meyer
March 8, 2010
"The turbines are so loud that our dog, Trigger, goes to the backroom window and barks at them.
It sounds like a snowplow driving around the house full bore with its blade down.
I find it interesting the last few days that when I go out with the dog he goes so far down the sidewalk and then turns and looks north to the turbine. He stares at it a few seconds and then moves on.
But they have been usually loud the last two days. Just thought I would let you know.
Cheryl
March 9, 2010
From Gerry Meyer:
Cheryl has a really bad headache.
She has tried Imatrex or the shot three times in three days, so today went to the Doctor....
The message Cheryl wrote you was when I was in LA. I remember her telling me that the turbines sounded like snow plow coming through the house.
You could add that Trigger barked because that is what he does when a vehicle comes in the driveway. The turbine was so loud he thought a plow was in the driveway.
Gerry
NOTE FROM THE BPWI RESEARCH NERD:
On February 18th, I spent another night in the Meyer home to get a better idea of what they are living with and was kept up well past three in the morning by a thumping from the turbines that seemed to come from all directions.
The only thing I can compare it to is the bass sound you hear coming from a car with powerful speakers. You feel the noise as well as hear it. It was impossible to sleep until it finally stopped.
The typical turbine jet sounds and whooshing were louder outdoors than indoors, but the low thumping was penetrating and much louder inside the home than outside the home. This was especially so on the second floor.
The Meyer family home is a typical wood framed old farm house found throughout rural Wisconsin. The Meyer's young son often goes to bed with two radios playing, one on either side of his head to counteract the turbine noise.
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3/31/10 QUADRUPLE FEATURE: Kewaunee County Town of Carlton passes Large Wind Moratorium AND Where are they putting the turbines? And Hurry, hurry, hurry! Wind developers are waiting: PSC wants rules in three months, AND what's on the WSC docket today?
BREAKING NEWS:
Town of Carlton passes moratorium
Residents of Kewaunee County’s Town of Carlton filled the room at the zoning board hearing Monday night to show support for a moratorium on wind project development throughout the township. After the hearing the moratorium was passed by unanimous vote.
HOW MUCH OF WISCONSIN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND SITING COUNCIL GUIDELINES?
CLICK HERE to find out who is on the siting council
One of the issues the siting council will be addressing is shadow-flicker. Click on the image below to see what shadow flicker looks like in the dining room of a home in the Cedar Ridge project in Fond du lac County.
The family in this home didn't know anything about wind turbine shadow flicker until the day it started hitting their home. They do have the option of pulling down all the blinds and turning on the lights in order to eat together at the dining room table during the day. They also get shadow flicker on moonlit nights.
This is a map of counties where wind developers have expressed interest in siting projects. If we've missed any CLICK HERE to contact us and let us know so we can update the map.
NOTE FROM THE BPWI RESEARCH NERD:
The next Wind Siting Council meeting is Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 1:30 pm
-Developing guiding principles- Developer/owner responsibility
Public Service Commission Building
610 North Whitney Way, Madison, Wisconsin
Rule deadline spooks wind farm neighbors
By Paul Snyder
March 29, 2010
Developers and landowners disagree over a state wind farm council’s three-month schedule to set turbine placement guidelines.
Developers with proposals on deck want the standards soon. Property owners do not want the state to rush a decision.
“These are life-changing decisions that will be made, and you can’t weigh health and safety issues against a three-month timeline,” said Lynda Barry-Kawula, a Spring Valley resident and co-founder of Better Plan Wisconsin, a volunteer group representing residents affected by wind farm development.
The state’s Wind Siting Council, appointed by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, met for the first time Monday in Madison, and PSC Chairman Eric Callisto said he expects the council’s work to be done by July.
VISIT THE DAILY REPORTER’S WIND FARM PROJECT PROFILE PAGE
The 15-member council was formed through a law passed last year to create common guidelines for wind farms generating less than 100 megawatts of electricity. Currently, the PSC reviews all projects that generate 100 megawatts or more, and local governments create ordinances for projects that generate less.
In addition to determining property setback distances for turbines, the council will review PSC-drafted rules relating to noise levels, shadow flickers on nearby properties and how best to restore sites after utilities decommission wind farms.
The council’s guidelines will govern the smaller wind farms, but also could apply to larger projects.
The lack of uniform standards is costing Wisconsin projects, said Dean Baumgartner, executive vice president of technical services and construction for St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group’s Madison office.
“If the cost of developing wind farms isn’t as competitive here as it is in other states, then developers will look elsewhere,” he said. “And Wisconsin will see that tax base go to other states.”
Baumgartner said Wind Capital Group is considering projects in Wisconsin, but the company will wait until uniform standards are in place. He said he’s encouraged by the PSC’s tight timeline.
The state needs to establish standards as quickly as possible, said Deb Irwin, the PSC’s renewable energy specialist.
“There are a lot of developers waiting,” she said.
The PSC will have a draft set of rules ready for council review in two weeks, at which point council members can raise issues or propose changes for a final version. The council will hold at least two public hearings on the rules — one in Monroe County and one in another county besides Dane County.
Irwin said if the council’s work is not done by July, it can continue to debate changes. But she said the PSC wants a final product this summer.
That worries Gerry Meyer, a Brownsville resident who lives near Chicago-based Invenergy LLC’s Forward Wind Energy Center.
“I don’t know if they can really reach consensus in that time,” he said. “There might be some strong votes, but I think it’s going to go one way, and that’s stacked against landowners.”
Ryan Schryver, a member of the council and grass-roots organizer for Madison-based Clean Wisconsin Inc., said the aggressive timeline is good and concerned landowners will get a chance to air their concerns.
“I think the PSC’s been pretty clear about taking the existing ordinances and the changes to the public, and I think that will continue,” he said. “We’re committed to getting the public involved.”
SECOND FEATURE: What's on the Wind Siting Council (WSC) docket today?
CLICK HERE to find out who is on the siting council
Public Comment from Town of Forest, St. Croix County, Wisconsin regarding Emerging Energies plan to site wind project there
I LIVE IN THE TOWN OF FOREST IN ST CROIX COUNTY WISCONSIN WHICH IS A PROPOSED SITE FOR A 100 MW WIND ENERGY PROJECT CONSISTING OF (40) 2.5 MW TURBINES MOUNTED ON 300 FT TOWERS.
THE DEVELOPER IS EMERGING ENERGIES INC BASED HERE IN WISCONSIN.
THERE WAS A TOWN BOARD MEETING IN FOREST ON MARCH 11, 2010 AT 7 PM WHICH HAD TWO OF THEIR REPRESENTATVES GIVING A POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS OF THE TWO YEAR WIND STUDY FOR THE AREA.
THE ATTENDEES AT THE MEETING WERE MAINLY LAND OWNERS THAT HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HAVING TURBINES PLACED ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR PROFIT.
AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, I WAS THE ONLY RESIDENT THERE THAT DID NOT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT.
I ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS ON SITE REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS SET BACKS FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCES FOR TURBINES, OVERHEAD OR UNDERGROUND FEEDER CABLES AND TRANSMISSION LINES AND THE PLACEMENT OF A SUBSTATION.
I COULD TELL THAT MY QUESTIONS EVOKED SURPRISE FROM THE EMERGING ENERGIES PRESENTOR.
MY BACKGROUND IS IN THE ELECTRICAL UTILITY AND CONTRACTOR MARKETS AND I DO SELL PRODUCTS INTO WIND ENERGY PROJECTS.
I HAVE BEEN TO OVER A DOZEN WIND PROJECTS SITES IN TEXAS, WYOMING, OREGON AND OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THESE PROJECTS IN THOSE STATES ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN REMOTE AND VERY WIDE OPEN AREAS. UNLIKE WISCONSIN, WHERE THE AVERAGE FARM IS 40 TO 400 ACRES, RANCHES OUT IN THESE PLACES ARE MEASURED IN 640 ACRE SECTIONS AND ARE COMPRISED OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
THE PLACEMENT OF TURBINES USUALLY HAS NO EFFECT ON PRIVATE RESIDENCES BECAUSE OF THIER ISOLATED LOCATIONS.
THE PROJECT PROPOSED FOR THE TOWN OF FOREST WILL BE LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT HAS MUCH HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY AND MANY HOMES WILL BE AFFECTED.
I WAS NOT GIVEN A CLEAR ANSWER ON MY SETBACK QUESTION, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD PLACE A TOWER 1.1 TIMES IT'S HEIGHT FROM MY PROPERTY LINE OR 11OO FT FROM MY HOME....MAYBE 1200 FT. THIS IS WAY TOO CLOSE.
WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE HOMEOWNERS AT THE MERCY OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS. THE NOISE AND LOW FREQUENCY SOUNDS EMMITTED 24 HRS A DAY ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH OVER EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
THE FLICKERING EFFECT FROM THE SUN CAN BE VERY ANNOYING. THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF FOREST HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF LIVING TOO CLOSE TO THESE 300 FOOT TURBINES AND THEY NEED TO BE INFORMED.
A FEW OF US WILL BE STARTING A CITIZENS ACTION GROUP TO EDUCATE LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THESE ISSUES, AND TO STOP THE PROJECT IF THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN AREA.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO WIND ENERGY, BUT THERE MUST BE REGULATIONS TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. I ASK THAT YOUR COMMITTEE ESTABLISH A 4000 - 5000 FOOT SET BACK REGUATION FOR THESE TURBINES AWAY FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCESI affirm that these comments are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JEFF ERICSON
NOTE FROM THE BPWI RESEARCH NERD: Bill Rakocy, partner and founding member of Emerging Energies is on the Wind Siting Council which will be setting rules for siting wind turbines in our state and like many others on the council, he has a direct financial interest in establishing short setbacks.
Emerging Energies is bringing the largest turbines ever sited in Wisconsin to the Brown County Town of Glenmore. They are fifty stories tall (500 feet) and made by German Company, Nordex
More from the docket:
Wind projects affect the lives of home owners for 25 - 35 years.
Careful study needs to be done to insure there are no adverse health and safety affects from inadequate siting guidlines.
Since not everyone can attend 2 or 3 hearings per week, this study should not try to be rushed through in 3 months time.
I would also like to see more hearing held near the affected communities. Everyone deserves the opportunity to be heard.
Thank You.I affirm that these comments are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Curt Hilgenberg, Town of Holland
Visit the docket by CLICKING HERE. The docket number to enter is 1-AC-231
ADDED MARCH 29, 2010
Prepared for Wind Siting Council for Informational Purposes March 29, 2010
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES PROCESS
DRAFT RULE OUTLINE:
PSC Chapter 128 Draft Compiled Rule Outline Prepared for Wind Siting Council
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FIRST STEP - STATEMENT OF SCOPE
• Commission staff prepares a draft Statement of Scope
• Commission reviews and approves the Statement of Scope
• Statement of Scope is published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register
• Waiting period
SECOND STEP - HEARING STEP
• Commission staff prepares draft rule
• Once draft is ready, staff prepares a Notice of Hearing and other information regarding the draft rule
• The Commission reviews and approves the draft rule and Notice
• The Notice of Hearing and Proposed Rule are published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register
• A hearing is held and comments taken
For the Wind Siting Rules, at least 2 hearings (one in Monroe County, and one outside
Dane and Monroe Counties, but where developers have proposed wind energy systems)
THIRD STEP - LEGISLATIVE STEP
• Commission staff redrafts rule based on comments
• Commission staff prepares a Report to the Legislature
• The Commission reviews and approves the Final Rules and the Report to the Legislature
• The Rule and the Report to the Legislature are sent to both the Assembly and the Senate
• The Rule is assigned to a Committee in each house
• Committees have 30 days to review the rule
A committee may schedule a hearing or request that the Commission modify the rule
FOURTH STEP - FINAL STEP
• At the conclusion of the legislative rule review period, the Rule is approved
• The Final Rule is sent to Secretary of State
• The Final Rule is published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register
• Generally, the Final Rule becomes effective the first day of the first month following publication PSC REF#:129087
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
RECEIVED: 03/29/10, 3:06:54 PM
DRAFT RULE OUTLINE:
PSC Chapter 128 Draft Compiled Rule Outline Prepared for Wind Siting Council
WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
PSC 128.01 Definitions.
• Large wind energy system
• Small wind energy system
• Other
PSC 128.02 Applicability.
• Applicable to projects on going forward basis, except as noted
• Commission may waive or modify a rule provision in an exceptional situation
PSC 128.03 Siting criteria.
• Setbacks for design and construction of a wind energy system• Compliance with setback provisions measured from the centerline of the turbine tower to the nearest point on the foundation of the building
• Owners of occupied buildings, participating residences or non-participating residences may waive setbacks
• Long term land use planning may not preclude construction of wind turbines
• No height or location limitations near public use airports or heliports stricter than FAA obstruction standards
• No height or location limitations near private medical facility heliports use for air ambulance service stricter than the FAA obstruction standards that apply to public use heliports
• Developer shall consider noise standard in siting decisions
• Developer shall consider shadow flicker impacts in siting decisions
• Developer shall consider radio, television, phone interference in siting decisions and avoid interference to extent practicable
• Developer shall test for stray voltage near project facility prior to construction and after the project is completed; developer to rectify stray voltage problems arising from the construction and operation of the project
• Developer shall work with political subdivisions to minimize individual hardships
PSC 128.04 Development of a wind energy system.
• Developer is required to provide advance notice to landowners near project area and political subdivisions where project is located
• Possible requirement for developer to provide notice to commission
• Developer to consult with DNR regarding natural resources
• Developer to consult with Wisconsin Historical Society regarding historical and archeological resources
• Developer to develop a transportation plan in consultation with DOT and political subdivision
• Political subdivision may require developer to submit a detailed roads plan PSC
• Developer to coordinate with local first responders and air ambulance services regarding emergency evacuation plan
• Political subdivision may require developers to consult with owners of private use airports in the project area
• Consideration of impacts on aerial spraying practices
• Consideration of impacts on existing agricultural or other commercial enterprises
• Compensation for non-participating residences near turbines
• Possible recording requirement for wind leases and easements or a memorandum thereof
• Requirements regarding provisions to be contained in a wind lease or easement
PSC 128.05 Construction and operation.
• Developer/owner may not materially deviate from the approved application without separate approval from the political subdivision
• No advertising material permitted on a wind turbine
• Political subdivision may not impose structure lighting restrictions that would conflict with
FAA specifications
• Developer/owner shall restore the project area after construction is complete
• Developer/owner shall ensure the outside of a turbine is not climbable
• Developer/owner shall ensure access doors are locked
• Developer/owner shall post appropriate warning signage
• Developer/owner shall post 24/7 emergency contact, ownership, and location information
• Political subdivision may create rules regarding blasting
• Developer/owner shall construct, maintain, and operate collector circuit facilities in compliance with National Electrical Safety Code and Wis. Admin. Code ch. PSC 114
• Developer/owner shall construct, maintain, and operate all other wind project facilities in compliance with National Electrical Code
• Developer/owner shall repair, maintain and replace wind turbines and associated facilities as needed to keep the wind energy system in good repair and operating condition
• Developer/owner shall report to political subdivision regarding operations and maintenance
• Developer/owner shall notify political subdivision and commission of an emergency
• Developer/owner shall establish emergency procedures
• Developer/owner shall operate the project in a manner that meets specified noise limits (dBA) during daytime hours
• Upon complaint by an affected resident, noise limit shall be reduced during nighttime hours for areas related to the complaint
• Methods available to comply with noise limits
• Developer/owner relieved from meeting nighttime noise limit if affected resident agrees to a waiver or settlement
• Noise limits in the event of a steady pure tone (whine, whistle, screech, hum)
• Compliance with noise limits shall be measured or otherwise evaluated at the outside wall of residence
• Developer/owner to conduct pre- and post-construction noise studies
PSC 128.06 Enforcement and mitigation.
• Developer/owner shall maintain a log of all complaints
• Developer/owner shall make copies of this complaint log available to any local monitoring committees
• Developer/owner shall provide a contact person and phone number for complaints
• Developer/owner shall work with landowners to mitigate the effects of shadow flicker
• Requirement to mitigate shadow flicker at eligible residences triggered by complaint regarding shadow flicker
• Developer/owner to allow resident to choose a preferred reasonable mitigation technique
• Developer/owner to consult with affected residents regarding the resident’s preferred reasonable mitigation solution for radio and television interference
• Developer/owner to work with affected cellular providers to provide adequate coverage in the affected area
PSC 128.07 Decommissioning.
• Developer/owner must decommission wind energy system at end of its useful life
• Time periods for decommissioning
• Developer/owner to submit decommissioning and site restoration plan to political subdivision
• Developer/owner shall ensure decommissioned sites are restored
• Developer/owner shall demonstrate financial ability to decommission
PSC 128.08 Political subdivision review of a wind energy system.
• Political subdivision may require developer/owner to obtain approval for expansion of a pre-existing or previously approved wind energy system
• Political subdivision’s approval remains in effect despite a change in ownership of the wind energy system
• Conditions for political subdivision granting approval
• Political subdivision may deny an application if conditions are not met
• Political subdivision shall issue its decision in writing, based on written findings of fact, supported by evidence in the record
• Before an applicant files an application, applicant shall submit to the political subdivision a notice of intent to file
• Political subdivision may charge reasonable application fees or obtain reimbursement for reasonable review expenses
• Political subdivision conflicts of interest must be disclosed
• Notice of application shall be given to property owners in the area
• Application shall be available for public review
• Political subdivision to establish a process for accepting public comments
• Political subdivisions may establish a joint application review process when multiple political subdivisions are involved
PSC Chapter 128 Draft Compiled Rule Outline Prepared for Wind Siting Council
PSC 128.09 Application filing requirements.
• Content requirements for an application to a political subdivision
• For incomplete applications, applicants must provide additional information
• For incomplete applications, the political subdivision may require applicant to resubmit its application after integrating additional information
• Subsequent 45-day completeness review periods will begin after the responses to all completeness items are received
• Political subdivision may request additional information subsequent to determining that an application is complete; applicant required to respond in a timely manner
• Political subdivision may require submission of duplicate copies of the application
PSC 128.10 Commission review.
• Appeal will be treated as application to open a docket
• Appeals must be in writing
• Appealing party must serve all relevant parties with copy of appeal
• Requirements regarding filing the record of the local decision being appealed
• Commission may require additional information to be filed
• Commission may proceed without a hearing, but may set a hearing if Commission believes a hearing is necessary
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-Developing guiding principles- Developer/owner responsibility
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10/10/08 September Brings Good Sleeping Weather-- UNLESS you have wind turbines all around your house-- SOUNDS OF SEPTEMBER IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY-- Brownsville Diary Noise Log Update
While wind developers continue to downplay the trouble with noise from industrial scale wind turbines, the truth keeps making its way to the public. Watch ABC's Charles Gibson with microphone recording the noise from a wind turbine by clicking here (Warning! There may be an ad you have to suffer through to watch this.)
We believe this is one of the first times the actual sound of an industrial-scale wind turbine has been presented to the public. Mr. Gibson calls it "the sound of the future" -- but for people who are living 1100 feet (350 steps) from wind turbines of this size in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties here in Wisconsin, it's not the sound of the future. It's the sound of sleepless nights, headaches, and miserable days, right now. Today. Tonight.
Below is what September sounded like to a Fond du Lac family living inside of an 86 turbine wind farm which went on line in March of 2008.
(You can download the entire diary by clicking here)
September 1
- 5:15 AM Wind S calm, 18.6 rpms, dba 44.4, dbc 59.3. Loud jet sound from turbines 4 and 73.
-8:45 AM Wind S 7 knots, 16 rpms. Loud jet sound from turbines 4 and 73. To equalize the sound I walked north to 1360’ from turbine 4 and 2680’ from turbine 73. Very annoying. Oh, this is more than ½ a mile from turbine 73.
-1:55 PM Wind S, 5 knots gusts to 14 knots, 13.3 rpms. All day there has been a loud jet sound like there is fighting between turbine 4 and 73 as to who can be the loudest. My stomach feels full and nauseated, tired of being out listening all day. I have lived here 37 years and never imagined we would he to live with these health and welfare effects.
-9:25 PM Wind SE, 18.3 rpms. Turbine 4 dba 49.1, dbc 64.3, turbine 73 dba 47.9 dbc 64.9. This whole day has been loud mostly between turbines 73 and 4. At this time also 74a and others to the south are loud. I have been sick to my stomach feeling most of the day. I was just in the bathroom and I can hear turbines from there. Our bathroom has no outside wall. As I write this in the computer room I hear turbine sounds, but am not sure if from the north (4) or south (73,74a + others). It has been a very bad day.
-10:55 PM Wind SE 4 knots dba 51.6, dbc 69.5 from the sidewalk 20’ from our house or 1585’ from turbine 4.
September 2 –
-6:15 AM Wind calm 18.3 rpms. Almost as loud as last night. I can hear turbines 4 and 73 and 6. It looks like another bad day in store.
-11:45 PM Wind NW, 5 knots, dba 51.1, dbc 60.6. We just got home from the Idols concert in Green Bay with my wife’s sister. She had not heard the turbines before. She said, “My goodness. It sounds like a jet taking off”. Turbines 4 and 6 are very loud and ripping the sky apart. Terribly loud jet sound. I can hear turbines in the house.
September 3 –
-5:15 AM Wind NW 18.6 rpms. Jet sound from turbines 73 and 4.
-12:35 PM Wind N, 11 rpms, 8 knots. Humming and whooshing sound #4.
-8:10 PM Wind NE 13.3 rpms. Low jet flying over sound.
-12:20 AM Wind NE. Louder sound than before.
September 4
– 6:40 AM Rain, Wind NE 15 rpms. Turbine 73 is louder than turbine 4. Turbine 73 is 2480’ away from the house.
- 9:25 PM Wind N, light rain, strong wind. Outside I can hear the jet sound over the wind. Inside in the computer room I can hear turbines.
---10:55 PM Wind N, 11 Knots. I hear turbines inside the house☹
-12:10 AM Wind N, dba 51.2, dbc 73.4. There is a Jet sound. I can hear turbine 4 in the house with the door closed.
September 5
– 7:35 AM Wind NW calm, low clouds 400’, 13.6 rpms. I can hear jet sound from turbine 4.
---1:10 PM Wind NW, 11.3 rpms. Sound not too bad.
--4:25 PM Wind NW, 11 rpms, dba 43, Dbc 54.3. Humming and whooshing sound. This afternoon many of the turbines were not turning.
---11:25 PM Wind W, 11.3 rpms, humming and whooshing sound.
September 6
– 7:10 AM Wind W, 4 knots, 11 rpms. Humming sound.
--2:00 PM Wind W, 16.6 rpms.Turbine loud humming and whooshing. Turbine 6 loud jet sound. 5:20 PM Wind W, calm, 11
rpms. Humming and grinding sound.
--7:40 PM Wind SW, calm, 11 rpms. Humming sound.
10:05 PM Wind W, calm, 11 rpms. Turbine 4 humming and can hear turbine 6 as well.
September 7
--6:15 AM Wind W, 11 rpms. Whoosh, whoosh sound.
----5:25 PM Wind SW 9 knots, 18 rpms, turbine 4-50.4 dba, 68.7 dbc. All day or from noon turbine 4 was loud jet flying over sound during our family reunion picnic outdoors. Many commented about the loud sound.
----8:00 PM Wind NW calm, light rain, 13.6 rpms. Jet sound and whoosh sound from turbine 4. Jet sound from turbine 75a, ¾ mile away☹
-11:45 PM I hear the humming of #4 while in the dining room and from my computer I hear turbine 73. The day has been bad and it just continues on even with the wind calm.
September 8
– 5:15 AM Wind NW, slow. Humming sound. 9:55 AM Wind NW 3 knots, 7.3 rpms. Pretty slow. Looks like an attempt to show they are working. Wind W. All turbines are shutting down.
--11:30 PM Wind W, calm, dba 42.7, dbc 60.3. Turbine 6 is louder than turbine 4 jet sound. Turbine 6 is ¾ mile away.
September 9
– Wind calm, 0 rpms. All 86 turbines are still. What wonderful peace!
3:45 PM Wind SW 5 knots variable. No turbines turning, but our ice cream is OK. The gas, nuclear and coal
Generators must be working.
9:50 PM Wind SE, 3 knots, dba 45.3, dbc 60.3. Low jet sound.
September 10
– 5:15 AM Wind S, calm, 11 rpms. Humming sound.
7:20 AM Wind S, 3 knots, 11 rpms. Humming sound.
8:25 AM Wind SW, calm, 11 rpms. Only 25% of the industrial, noisy turbines are turning.
5:35 PM Wind SE, 8 knots, 15 rpms. Fairly loud whoosh and hum sound
for a SE wind.
9:30 PM Wind SW, 5 knots, 18 rpms, sound at house dba 49.4, dbc 61.3, sound at back of property dba 45.3, dbc 64.2, front of house dba 44.5, dbc 60.9. Our son has been down from his room twice complaining of the turbine sound from his room. The sound is close to the Chinook [helicopter] sound between turbines 4 and 73. I have had a crackling sound in my left ear for about 10 days.
11:10 PM Wind SE, dba 48.2, dbc 71.3. Loud jet sound from turbines 4 & 6.
September 11
– 6:25 AM Wind SE. 3 knots, 18.3 rpms. Very loud jet flying over sound filling the air rom the South, West and North. Yesterday I had slight headache most of the day. I was working outside most of the day. I rarely get headaches. This morning when I woke up I thought about the buzzing or crackling in my ear for the past week. Is it from the constant turbine noise? I also am concerned about being tired most of the time and not having much ambition. I could take a nap at any time and often do. I see customers that were on my mail route just 6 weeks ago and can not remember their names. This is not just occasionally, but everyday and with people I know. I wonder if I am getting Alzheimer’s disease early or is it turbine sound related? I am 59.
3:15 PM. Wind SE. I just got home from Madison. Turbine 4& 6 and 73 are giving off loud, ripping the sky apart [noise] even over the rain. About 14 of the turbines on the West edge of the project are not turning.
9:50 PM Wind SSW, 9 knots, cloudy, humid. Turbines 4, 73 and 6 are filling the air with ripping, loud jet sound. I can hear turbines at my Computer which is in my house 1560’ – 2480’ from the large industrial wind turbines. At house dba 50.2, dbc 65.8, back dba 52.3, dbc 62.3, front dba 47.1, dbc 65.5.
September 12 –
--6:55 AM Wind SW calm, 11 rpms. Low humming sound.
7:00 PM Wind calm, no Turning.
11:40 PM Low hum
September 13 –
--7:10 AM Wind E, foggy and drizzling, 14.6 rpms. Sound is covered by the rain and
wind.
--8:30 PM We just got home from a day trip to our cabin and as soon as I got out of the
truck I can hear turbines 4 and 73 ripping the sky apart as loud as a Chinook helicopter.
11:30 PM Wind W. Only hear the jet sound from turbine 4
September 14 –
Wind N, 8 knots, 11 rpms. I can hear the sound over light rain. I noticed a crackling
in my left ear last night and this morning.
8:25 AM Wind NNW, dba 49.3, dbc 63.8 with a loud jet sound. I can hear turbine 4 at my computer. 12:20 PM 14 rpms. Loud jet sound.
7:15 PM Wind NW 5 knots, 14 rpms, dba 44.0, dbc 61.3. Loud jet sound, but not as loud as all afternoon up until 30 minutes ago. It was a tense day working in the barn shop and picking berries and apples with the obnoxious sound…sickening sound.
10:35 PM Wind NW, light rain, 9 knots. Very loud jet sound ripping through the sky. 10:10 PM Wind NW. I can hear turbines
4 and 6 loud jet sound. I can hear turbine 4 in the house. I have a crackling in my left ear.
September 15
5:15 AM Wind NW, 10 knots, 14.3 rpms, dba 45.7, dbc 63.5 Fairly loud jet sound from
turbine 4.. and I can also hear turbine 6.
1:20 PM. Wind NW, 6 knots, cloudy, 11 rpms. Low hum.
4:00 PM Most turbines are not turning. It is so peaceful picking the raspberries and being able to hear the bees buzzing with out the sounds of the industrial wind turbines.
September 16 –
6:20 AM Wind SW, 4 knots, feels calm, 14.6 rpms, dba 44.6, dbc 61.4. Loud motor running or humming sound. I’m hearing turbine 4 in the barn shop and at the computer at 7:05
11:15 AM Wind SW loud, dba 47.1, dbc 64.7.
4:15 PM Wind SW, 11 knots, dba 47.3, dbc 67.2, 18 rpms. Turbine 4 and 6 are making loud jet flying over sounds, ripping the sky apart. It has been loud all day.
9:40 PM Wind SW 11 knots, house dba 50.1, dbc 65.6, back dba 51, dbc 66.5, front dba 50.7, dbc 66.5, 18 rpms.This is the loudest night in a long time. I hear #4, 6, 73, 74a, 3a and and possibly more. I can hear them at the computer in the front of the house and in the family room in the back of the house with the TV on. Keep in mind turbine 6 is ¾
mile, # 73 is 2480’ and 74a 5/8 mile away. It is very sad our town officials and PSC have allowed this turbine project to affect the health of residents in this area and it will continue in other areas.
11:40 PM I hear turbine jet flying over sound while watching TV in our family room☹
September 17 –
4:30 AM Wind SW, 5 knots, dba 47.4, dbc 62.3. Jet sound from turbine 4 and 6. Last night I slept very little due to the constant sound in the house. This is the worst since they began turning on March 3, 2008. I could hear a low like whoosh sound or at times the house seemed to be vibrating. I am getting more angry at elected officials for allowing this to happen
and that something (turbines) that are 28-30% efficient are even promoted. This is an unjust use of our tax dollars. I hear turbine sounds as I write this at the computer.
5:05 PM Wind N, 1 rpms. Fairly calm. Not much noise compared to yesterday.
10:30 PM Wind N. Noise Is Covered by sweet corn harvesting machinery at the neighbors.
September 18 –
6:35 AM Wind E, 11.3 rpms. Low hum sound.
10:35 PM Wind SE, dba 46.0 dbc 66.9. Jet sound. Louder than during the day
September 19 –
6:45 AM Wind S, 5 knots, 18 rpms, house dba 51.3, dbc 69.9, front dba 49.9, dbc 65.4. The sound outside is loud. The environmental impact statement for this project and Invenergy company officials say with the new technology you only hear the sound from oneside of the turbine. This is not true. I hear turbine 4, 1560’ to the north and turbine 73, 2480’ to
the south both ripping the sky apart this morning. I hear turbine noise as I write this at the computer. Yes, in the house, Very irritating.
7:50 PM Wind SW, 18 rpms, dba 49.0, dbc 62.1.It has been loud all day. I’m sure there will be sleep problems tonight. 11:45 PM Wind SW, 9 knots. I can hear turbines 4 and 73 loudest and 74a and 6. I was watching TV and when there
was no talking I could hear the whoosh, whoosh of the turbines☹ Our son was down complaining and with a recording he had made of the sounds of the turbines he can hear from his room.
It is 11:55 PM and I can still hear him awake. I can hear the turbines at the computer.
September 20 –
7:20 AM Wind SW, 8 knots, but seems calm, 15 rpms, dba 44.1, dbc 60.6, clear sky.The sound is fairly quiet other than whooshing and humming of the turbines (this is not the pleasant sound like someone humming to music).
7;35 PM Wind SW, 9 knots, seems calm, 11.6 rpms. I can hear the sound of turbine 4 but no sound reading as the farmer 300 yards down the hill began corn chopping and silo filling so sound reading. It would not be fair to take a sound reading with tractors and choppers running so close by.
8:20 PM Wind SW, calm, 11 rpms, low hum.
September 21 –
Wind NE, 4 knots, 11 rpms. Little sound today. The last 2 days I have had a lot of crackling in my left ear. This morning I woke with the sound. It is like taking wax paper and crunching it next to the ear, but this is inside the ear.
7:10 PM Wind E, 11 knots, 14.3 rpms, cloudy. Not too much noise due to wind in the trees. 11:10 PM Wind SE, 3 knots, cloudy, mist. dba 45.5, dbc 67.3. Jet sound. Much of today most turbines were not turning. Now the loud sound has returned.
September 22
– 5:15 AM Cloudy, foggy. Low hum. Afternoon-Working on the new porch was a tense afternoon. I could hear turbine 4 over the sound of a 4 row self propelled corn chopper and accompanying equipment. The chopper was between our house and the turbine.
-7:30 PM Wind SE, 16.6 rpms. I can hear the turbines over the wind. There has been more sound the last few days or week and that has brought on more crackling in my left ear. While working on the porch 5 minutes after turbine 73 got louder my wife had a headache.
September 23
– 6:45 AM Wind SE, light, 16.6 rpms. 8:10 AM My wife was trying to read at the dining room table and thought she heard a train, but it was the turbine sound instead. I woke up with the crackling in my ear. It has been pretty much constant the last 3 days. My wife also told me about a quivering she has in her chest, especially at night in bed. She had thought it had something to do with her heitial hernia, but after reading some of Nina Pierponts writing I realized it is probably from the constant turbine sounds.
2:00 PM Wind S, 14 rpms. Turbine 4 has been shut down today. Maintenance trucks are at the base. Today I can hear turbine 3a because turbine 4 is not over powering it. I also hear turbines 73 and 74a.
10:55 PM Wind SSE 8 knots, 18 rpms, dba 48.0, dbc 61.4. Jet sound heard from turbines 4 and 73. Quite loud with
turbine 6 not quite as loud
September 24
– 5:15 AM Wind SW, 3 knots, 15 rpms, partly cloudy, dba 46.6, dbc 61.4. The sound is that of a jet flying over. 9:30 AM Wind SW, 3 knots, 11.6 rpms. There is the humming sound.
10:25 PM Wind N, calm, 11 rpms with humming sound. I had crackling in my left ear much of the day.
September 25 –
5:20 AM Wind NE, calm, 11 rpms. Low Hum. 3:35 PM Calm. No turbines turning.
1:20 AM Wind E calm, dba 45.3, dbc 60.3. Loud whoosh from turbine 4 & loud sound from 73.
September 26 – 7:05 AM Wind S, Calm, 14.3 rpms, dba 43.2, dbc 59.6. Humming sound. 1:50 PM Wind S, calm, 18 rpms, dba 46.2, dbc 59.1. Low jet flying over sound. I can hear turbines 4 and 6. Left ear crackle.
September 27
– Wind SW, calm, 11 rpms. Low hum. I woke up with left ear crackling.
8:55 AM Wind SW, light, turbine 4 14 rpms, turbine 3a 11 rpms. Turbine 4 is getting loud.
8:55 PM Wiind N 8 knots, 14 rpms. Turbine 4 and 6 are quite loud with #6 louder tonight. Turbine 6 is ¾ mi away
September 28
S– 7:10 AM Wind NE, light breeze. Difference between dba and dbc is 20. That may Explain why my wife was awake for 2 hours over night.
5:30 PM. 12.3 rpms. The turbines were off for a while. Ten rpms for a while. I was to our cabin today. It was so nice and peaceful☺ No annoying turbine sounds to pollute the air. I could hear birds and the rustling of the leaves. It
was very peaceful and relaxing.
September 29
– 5:15 AM Wind calm. Turbines not turning. 9:00 PM Wind NW, 4 knots. Turbines not turning. Coudy.
6:30 PM wind NW, calm, 11 rpms. Low hum but audible at the house.
10:55 PM Wind W, calm. Turbines turning slow and fairly quiet. I can hear turbines 4 and 6.
12:15AM Wind NW, 6 knots, 16 rpms, dba 45.6, dbc 60.8. I could hear turbine 4 while watching TV so I
went outside to make sure it was the turbine. Turbine 4 and 6 are very loud whoosh. Turbine 6
is ¾ of a mile away. We probably hear both tonight watching TV from our family room.
September 30 –
6;30 AM Wind NW, 7 knots, 13.6 rpms, cloudy, dba 43.9, dbc 59.3. I hear turbine 4
loud and turbine 6 a little less.
5:10 PM. No facts other than wind from NW and it has been loud all day. I am tense and have crackling in my left ear. That is now every day even if I do not mention it.
10:05 PM Wind W, 17.3 rpms, dba 47.0, dbc 66.8. Turbines 4 and 6 loud, ripping the sky apart sound and jet flying over sound. Very bad. Our son saw the speed and said, “It will be a bad night”. He was correct. He did not sleep at all this night.
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