[MassHistPres] Areas of Water on the NR

[Bjdurk at aol.com]

Hi Paul: 
The historic preservation of (High) sensitivity  archaeological sites such 
as Nantucket Sound would extend benefits to rate and  taxpayers, migratory 
and endangered birds, and prevent the installation of Cape  Wind where 
compelling testimony of record indicates it would pose a public  safety hazard.  
The historic and present use, and features present in  Nantucket Sound, make 
it unsuitable for industrialization by Cape Wind, for  reasons cited in this 
letter:  
November 9, 2009 
To the Honorable Chairman Markey and the House Select  Committee on Energy 
Independence and Global Warming:   
According to the November 9, 2009 Wall Street  Journal, "the chairman of 
the House Select Committee on Energy Independence  and Global Warming, Rep. 
Edward Markey (D., Mass.) urged Interior Secretary Ken  Salazar to make a 
decision before the UN summit on a Massachusetts company’s  proposal to build a 
wind farm off Cape Cod. The project – known as Cape  Wind."   
“Approving the Cape Wind project as the nation’s first  commercial 
offshore wind project before the start of the U.N. conference would  send a strong 
message to international negotiators about the United States’  commitment to 
developing sources of clean energy and reducing global warming  pollution,” 
Mr. Markey _said in a letter_ 
(http://globalwarming.house.gov/mediacenter/letters?id=0040#main_content)  to Mr.  Salazar made public Monday."   
_http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/09/climate-fight-epa-send
s-global-warming-finding-to-white-house/_ 
(http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/09/climate-fight-epa-sends-global-warming-finding-to-white-
house/)  
However; Page 47 MMS Final OCS rules state:   
"Based on comments received on the NPR, MMS added a  requirement to this 
section that in order to qualify to become a lessee or a  grant holder, the 
applicant must demonstrate technical and financial  capabilities to construct, 
operate and maintain, and terminate/decommission  projects for which you 
are requesting authorization." 
_http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/PDFs/AD30RenewableEnergy04-22
-09.pdf_ 
(http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/PDFs/AD30RenewableEnergy04-22-09.pdf) 
 
This OCS "Lease" section applies to Cape Wind, at  minimum.  Cape Wind does 
not have technical capability to construct  Cape Wind as they have no 
manufacturing source for their wind turbines.   Cape Wind has no wind turbine 
purchase contract, project financing, or a  Power Purchase Agreement.  
Thusly, Cape Wind is not qualified to become a MMS  lessee under the Final 
OCS rules.   
Furthermore:  The National Environmental Policy Act  provides assurance of 
public safety threatened by Cape Wind as proposed for  Nantucket Sound. 
_http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/19/3290406-cape-wind-a-public-safe
ty-hazard-proposed-for-nantucket-sound_ 
(http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/19/3290406-cape-wind-a-public-safety-hazard-proposed-for-nantucket-sou
nd) - 
Additionally:  Cape Wind, proposed for a migratory  flyway, should be 
reasonably anticipated to violate the Migratory Bird Treaty  Act, a strict 
liability criminal statute--and avoided.   
_http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/11/2534556-dear-secretary-salazar-
please-do-not-sign-off-on-cape-wind_ 
(http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/11/2534556-dear-secretary-salazar-please-do-not-sign-off-on-cape-wind) - 
The Cape Wind review v taxpayers and ratepayers (Cape Wind  does not 
provide a fair return to the Nation for the use of our resources):  
_http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2813446-cape-wind-offshore-proj
ect-review-v-taxpayers-and-ratepayers_ 
(http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2813446-cape-wind-offshore-project-review-v-taxpayers-and-ratepayers
)  
Cape Wind is in conflict with the OCS Final  Rules: 
_http://bjdurk.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2813346-cape-wind-is-in-c
onflict-with-final-ocs-rules-and-applicable-laws?threadId=0_ 
(http://bjdurk.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2813346-cape-wind-is-in-conflict-with-fi
nal-ocs-rules-and-applicable-laws?threadId=0)  

Most Respectfully, 
 
 
 
Barbara Durkin 
Northboro, MA  

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