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Maple Ridge Wind Farm has constructed approximately 10.3 miles of
a single circuit 230 kV overhead electric transmission
line to transmit power from the 240 MW Maple Ridge Wind Farm to the Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation (NMPC) 230 kV Adirondack-Porter Transmission
Line. The development team has also constructed a substation in the Town
of Martinsburg (Rector Road 230 kV Substation). From the
Rector Road 230 kV Substation, an overhead electric transmission
line runs approximately 10.3 miles to the
Chases Lake Road Interconnect Facility, located
in the town of Watson, adjacent to the NYPA 765
KV Massena-Marcy Transmission Line. The interconnect facility
connects the Transmission Facility to the NMPC 230
KV Adirondack-Porter Transmission Line, located east of
the NYPA 765 KV Line.
The Transmission
Facility is comprised of 77 tower
structures and a three-phase, single circuit 230 kV
line to transmit power from the Rector Road Substation
to the Chases Lake Road Interconnect Facility. Actual
spans vary to accommodate geographical considerations.
Tower structure types were selected to minimize visual
impacts of the facility and to further reduce impacts
to agricultural areas and other sensitive resources
in the study area. Tower structures are of three
general types: wood pole H-frame structure, three-pole
wood structure, and a single steel pole structure. Typical
structures range in height from approximately 65 to
105 feet.
Construction
and long-term operation of the project require
the use of existing access routes or the construction
of new access roads. Generally, existing access routes
(such as farm drives, logging roads, and access through
agricultural fields) are available and are in adequate
condition to utilize as access routes for the majority
of the transmission line corridor. In most areas, these
existing access routes are used in their present
condition, as heavy equipment access is not necessary
for wood pole structures. Because steel pole structures
require concrete pier reinforced foundations, upgrade
of access routes to these structures were required
and ranged from minor fill in unstable areas to
resurfacing the length of the route with crushed stone.
PUBLIC
NOTICE ON PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED MAPLE RIDGE WIND FARM 230 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT, NYSPSC CASE
NO 03-T-0515
On
April 12, 2004, The New York State Public Service Commission
issued a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility
and Public Need to Maple Ridge (formerly Flat Rock Wind Power, LLC) to construct
an overhead 230 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission
facility. As a requirement of the Certificate, Maple Ridge, on or about May 20, 2004, will
file an Environmental Management and Construction Plan
(EM&CP) for construction of the proposed facility
with the New York State Public Service Commission.
The EM&CP includes the plans to construct, operate,
and maintain an approximately 10.5-mile-long overhead
230 kV electric transmission line running from a proposed
substation on Rector Road at the site of its proposed
Maple Ridge Wind Farm in the Town
of Martinsburg to a proposed substation near Chases
Lake Road and Wetmore Road in the Town of Watson. The
Chases Lake Road facility would be interconnected with
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's 230 kV Adirondack-Porter
Line. The Maple Ridge Wind Farm will
consist of approximately 187 wind turbine generators
with a total capacity of approximately 300 megawatts.
Please click
here to open the EM&CP file as an Acrobat PDF.
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you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you may download
it for free by clicking here.
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