[MassHistPres] ACHP Comments on the Cape Wind Project

[Bjdurk at aol.com]

To All:  
 
RE:  Breaking News> ACHP Comments on the Cape Wind  Project  
 
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) provided  final 
comments on historic preservation issues relating to the proposed Cape  Wind 
project to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the Minerals  Management 
Service (MMS) on April 2, 2010. The ACHP recommended that the  Secretary not 
approve the project. It also provided a number of recommendations  to improve 
the planning process for alternative energy projects.  
The submission of these comments concludes the ACHP’s  commenting process. 
Secretary Salazar must now take into account the ACHP’s  comments in 
reaching a final decision on the undertaking in accordance with 36 CFR 800.7 of the 
Section 106  regulations and Section 110(l) of the National Historic 
Preservation Act. The ACHP will share the Secretary’s response  with the public 
via its Web site, _www.achp.gov_ (http://www.achp.gov/) , when it becomes 
available.  
Reid Nelson, Director
Office of Federal Agency Programs
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
 
Findings: 
 
"The historic properties affected by the Project are  significant, 
extensive, and closely interrelated.
The Project will adversely  affect 34 historic properties including 16 
historic districts and 12  individually
significant historic properties on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard,  and 
Nantucket Island, and six properties of religious and cultural significance  to 
tribes, including Nantucket Sound itself. These districts and standing  
structures reflect the broad array of properties that represent the rich and  
unique architectural, social, and cultural history of Cape Cod and the  
Islands.."
 
Continue reading ACHP/Nantucket Sound/Cape  Wind/Salazar Related Documents: 
 
_http://www.achp.gov/_ (http://www.achp.gov/) 
 
Thank You, 
 
Barbara Durkin 
Northboro, MA  01532
 
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