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Andrew Gottlieb
Executive Director
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August 3, 2023
Barnstable Conservation Commission
Attention: Darcy Karle, Conservation Administrator
Barnstable Town Hall
367 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
RE: Park City Wind Notice of Intent
Dear Members of the Barnstable Conservation Commission:
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) submits the following comments regarding the
Park City Wind Offshore Wind Project Notice of Intent.
Founded in 1968, APCC is the Cape region’s leading nonprofit environmental advocacy and
education organization, working for the adoption of laws, policies and programs that
protect, preserve and restore Cape Cod’s natural resources.
After careful evaluation of the Park City Wind project’s regulatory filings through the federal
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the state Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act
Office, and the Cape Cod Commission’s Development of Regional Impact process, APCC is
confident that the proposed project will successfully avoid significant impacts to the
environment from both its offshore and onshore project components, and that any impacts
that are unavoidable will be temporary and minimal to negligible in nature. The project
applicant has coordinated with relevant federal and state permitting agencies in developing
a comprehensive mitigation package that will satisfactorily address any minor impacts that
may occur.
And importantly, the project will result in substantial environmental benefits to Cape Cod,
Massachusetts and New England by providing clean, renewable energy to the regional
power grid.
Thank you for this opportunity to provide written comments.
Sincerely,
Andrew Gottlieb
Executive Director