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LAWSUIT FILED TO HALT WIND TURBINES:

Local people who argue that wind turbines do not belong in the residential neighborhoods that dot the hills of Steuben and Yates counties filed suit Friday in hopes of stopping the construction of 53 turbines in the towns of Prattsburg and Italy.

A group called Advocates for Prattsburg is formally challenging the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency's December decision to approve an environmental impact statement prepared by wind turbine developer Ecogen LLC.
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The environmental review is the first major regulatory hurdle in constructing a wind development. Before construction begins, Ecogen would also need to acquire final permits from local and state agencieLast year, Advocates for Prattsburg unsuccessfully petitioned for a 20-month moratorium to allow further study before any wind developments were approved. Members also ran for local political office, but were unable to gain a foothold on the Town Board.

Now, with construction moving forward, they have used a provision of New York law that allows citizens to challenge governmental agencies when they believe that data does not support a final decision.
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Steuben County Industrial Development Authority Executive Director James Sherron cited the four-volume EIS, which included thousands of pages of research, in saying that he believed Ecogen made its case to the authority. "We followed the process and developed a response to all the issues," Sherron said..