[MassHistPres] ACHP Comments on the Cape Wind Project

[Henry Cooke]

Perhaps that's where the president wants to 
expand oil drilling...much preferable to a wind farm.


At 06:26 PM 4/2/2010, Bjdurk at aol.com wrote:
>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, 
><http://www.achp.gov/>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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