US govt seeks agreement on Cape Wind power project
Interior Department said on Monday it hopes to reach an canada goose store agreement by March 1 over the controversial and long delayed Cape Wind power project that would be located in federal waters off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. renewable energy production and create cheap canada goose uk advance technology uk canada goose outlet jobs, while a buy canada goose jacket cheap defeat of the project could undermine White House efforts to develop a clean energy canada goose clearance economy.
The Interior Department wants to meet with representatives of the Massachusetts historic preservation Canada Goose Coats On Sale office, which is siding with the native American Indian tribes who uk canada goose want to block the project, along canada goose uk shop with Cape Wind operators and the National Park Service historic listing director.
A department spokesman said it was Canada Goose Online still unclear if representatives of the native tribes that sued to block the project would be invited to canada goose uk outlet next week meeting. Their status may be affected by the lawsuit, he said. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar canada goose uk black friday canada goose outlet said in a statement. Canada Goose sale an agreement among the parties can be reached, I will be prepared to take the steps necessary to canada goose factory sale bring the canada goose black friday sale permit process to conclusion.
The Cape Wind project in 2001 became the country first major proposed offshore wind farm. Its developers, Cape Wind Associates LLC, aim to construct 130 towers, which will soar Canada Goose Parka 440 feet (134 meters) above the surface of the Nantucket Sound.
The proposed $1 billion wind farm would provide electricity to about 400,000 homes, buy canada goose jacket but would be within view of popular Cape Cod resorts and homes, prompting serious opposition from canada goose coats on sale business leaders and politicians.
The tall turbines would be arranged in a grid pattern in 25 square miles of Nantucket Sound, just offshore of Cape Cod, Martha Vineyard and Nantucket Island.
Salazar had said the department would make a decision on the project by end of last year. But the canada goose decision on the wind farm was held up by local native tribes who canadian goose jacket requested that the area where the project would be located be designated a cultural property.
The Canada Goose Jackets National Park canada goose coats Service determined on Monday that Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, requiring the Interior Department to consider any related significant archeological, historic and cultural values when reviewing canada goose clearance sale the permit for Cape Wind.
In its ruling, the Park Service said the area now under water cheap Canada Goose in Nantucket Sound is culturally important to the native tribes who sued because the land was exposed thousands of years of ago and their ancestors walked on it canada-gooseoutlets to Martha Vineyard.
Salazar then said he would meet with the affected parties in the project next week to find common Canada Goose online sense agreement on actions that could be taken to minimize and mitigate Cape Wind potential impacts on historic and cultural resources.
If there is a not a deal by March 1, a department spokesman said Salazar would consult with the Advisory Council on Historic Canada Goose Outlet Preservation, an independent group created by Congress that on which the Interior Department has a seat. Salazar would then make a final decision on the project based on the panel recommendation.
Cape Wind officials could not be reached for comment. (Additional reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by Christian Wiessner).