[MassHistPres] ACHP Comments on the Cape Wind Project

[Bjdurk at aol.com]

You're welcome, Lee.  I appreciate your efforts to locate and provide  the 
SHPO related documents.  I hope that the MHC website will  soon provide a 
link to the ACHP final comments to Secretary Salazar, a historic  precedent, 
too. 
 
Responding to your point:  
 

"Given the basis for the  recommendation, is there any place in the United 
States that would not be  objectionable on one or more of the grounds listed 
in the report?"
 
Perhaps other places  would be objectionable on one or more grounds.  While 
the The ACHP  seems to be encouraging Secretary Salazar to consider that 
the totality of  impacts by Cape Wind cannot be adequately mitigated.  
 
I hope that others weigh  in, too, as I am interested in learning more.  
 
Thank You, 
 
Barbara Durkin 
Northboro, MA  
 
ACHP comments excerpt"   

 
"...There is also a fundamental incompatibility between the use of  
Nantucket Sound for this industrial facility and the traditional use of the area  
for cultural practices and the marine-focused subsistence, commercial 
fishing,  shipping, and recreational purposes that have contributed to the core 
identity  of the unique setting in historic times.

In sum, Nantucket Sound and the surrounding land areas are a rich and  
unique tapestry of American prehistory, history, and culture. With Wampanoag  
ancestral habitation and the fabric of historic communities and landmarks  
surrounding Nantucket Sound, these properties mark the evolution of the area  
from Native American and then English settlement through the recent past,  
creating a collective historic resource that is greater than the sum of its  
parts. The continued vitality of the Wampanoags’ traditional religious and  
cultural practices and their integral relation to Nantucket Sound add a rare  
additional dimension of significance to this special place.
 
The Project’s effects on this broad range of properties should not be  
viewed in isolation or labeled only as indirect or direct. Rather, because of  
their concentration and interrelation, they must also be considered together. 
In  their totality, these effects are significant, adverse, and cannot be 
adequately  mitigated..."   


In a message dated 4/2/2010 8:31:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lee at leewright.net writes:

Thanks for the  update.  This is certainly an interesting conclusion given 
that the  towers are planned for than five miles off shore.
 
Given the basis for the  recommendation, is there any place in the United 
States that would not be  objectionable on one or more of the grounds listed 
in the report?
 
Having read the report  (via the link in Barbara's message), I ask this 
question in all  seriousness and look forward to learning  from others on this 
list.
 
Thanks, too, to  the ACHP for making their report available online at the 
same time it was  released.  By contrast, in early November the MHC issued a  
decision on Cape Wind that was mentioned on this list  and quickly picked 
up in online newspaper sites.  It was not,  however, available on the MHC 
website.  I contacted them and asked when  and where it might be available.  
Shortly thereafter I got a copy from a  journalist who had received it via 
fax--who knew that some still use  faxes for distributing documents?--and I 
posted it on Scribd (here: _http://is.gd/bbTEt_ (http://is.gd/bbTEt) ) so  that 
others could read it, too.  Since that time, more than 800 people  have 
read this document and more than 900 have read the companion  document.
 
I never heard back from  anyone at MHC, and I still can't find it on their 
site.  
 
Best--
 
Lee
............................................
 
Lee Wright |  Marlborough, MA

 
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Subject: [MassHistPres] ACHP  Comments on the Cape Wind Project



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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