Cape Wind's effects on Nantucket Sound's historic properties get public airing

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Cape Wind's effects on Nantucket Sound's historic properties get public airing

By Nelson Sigelman
Published: March 11, 2010

The failure of the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes to reach an agreement with the developers of a wind farm in Nantucket Sound to mitigate the project's effect on historic properties has set the stage for what is expected to be the final public hearing on the project.

Ken Salazar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, has said that he would make a decision on a permit before the end of April.

The latest development in Cape Wind Associates' nine-year effort to place 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal comes as the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of Fall River, the leader of a tribal group not associated with either of the state's two federally recognized tribes, dismissed tribal claims of religious ceremonies associated with Nantucket Sound and welcomed alternative energy projects.

On Monday, March 22, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will hold a public meeting from 1 to 5 pm at the Tilden Auditorium at Cape Cod Community College in Barnstable, to address the historic preservation aspects of the proposed Cape Wind project.

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