Final decision on Cape Wind project not expected until fall 2008 - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Final decision on Cape Wind project not expected until fall 2008
By Associated Press
Friday, April 6, 2007 - Updated: 01:51 PM EST

HYANNIS, Mass. - A federal agency studying the proposed Cape Wind energy project
says its review will take longer than expected _ a delay likely to push back a final
decision on the project until the fall of 2008.

Various federal and state agencies have been reviewing the plan to build the nation’s
first offshore wind farm since November 2001.

The Minerals Management Service, which is crafting guidelines for offshore renewable
energy projects, said Thursday that it has pushed back plans to release its
environmental review from late April to sometime late this summer.

The agency told The Cape Cod Times in a statement that its review ”was taking longer
than originally expected.” Now, the agency, part of the U.S. Department of Interior,
expects a final decision in the fall of 2008, rather than April 2008.

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Read more: http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=193268

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Source: Boston Globe

Wind farm project dealt setback by US agency

By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | April 7, 2007

A week after receiving a blessing from Massachusetts environmental regulators, the
long-delayed wind farm proposed off Cape Cod has been dealt an apparent setback
by the federal agency that will make the final decision on the controversial project.

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The delay, on one level, was seen merely as a sign of the complex issues confronting
regulators as they consider the nation's first proposal for an offshore wind farm;
the agency has also postponed the release of a draft of new regulations for all
offshore energy projects. But some proponents worried that it might mean the project
is running into trouble.

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Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/07/wind_farm_project_dealt_setback_by_us_agency