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Fight Wind Turbines at KL94 - SoCal -by 9/21
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, CindyB wrote: Flyers: The airports involved are located in Southern California, Kerm County, Tehachapi Valley, KL94 as Mountain Valley Airport (a public-use soaring airfield) and Tehachapi Municipal, KTSP. We need some help with e-mail or fax inputs to Kern County Planning Department in response to a Draft Environmental Impact Report on wind turbines. The comments on the DEIR must be filed by MONDAY, 5 p.m., September 21. This study occurs prior to an FAA Notice of Proposed Contruction and Obstruction filing, and hence is a way to kick the objectionable part of the program in the teeth, BEFORE it becomes a more likely eventuality. The proposal is for the construction of 320 wind turbine generators approximately 500 feet tall. The project is entitled "Alta-Oak Creek Mojave Project" by Terra Gen. The project is comprised of 3 subareas, two of which (Subarea 1 and Subarea 3) are located close to MVA. Details of the project are available on the Kern county Planning website (co.kern.ca.gov.us/ planning) if you click on Alta-Oak Creek Project. The pertinent maps are in the Project Description Section. MVA's concern is that Subarea 3 is located approximately one-third of a mile from the southeast end of the runway horizontal surface and penetrates well within the 20:1 glide slope surface. While the DEIR demands compliance with FAA Notices of Proposed Construction and Obstruction Lighting, such compliance does not negate the threat to all air traffic (gliders and general aviation) approaching from the southeast or transiting the Tehachapi Valley. We are urging pilots to respond to the DEIR with concerns and objections. Kern County DOES respond to sheer numbers of responses. The only problem is that responses MUST be made by Monday, September 21 at 5:00 pm. They may be emailed or faxed to the following individual. Please carbon-copy us too. Kern County Planning Department Attention: Christopher Mynk Fax: 661-862-8601 Email: Translates to Please include in your response a brief description of your aviation qualifications. If you are a visiting or Southern California pilot, and have flown with us, through or over the Tehachapi Valley, enumerate your transitions. Speak to the issues of flight safety in airplane/glider approaches upwind to the west, VFR transitions of the valley under winter skies with lesser visibility (on mountain wave style days) and under cloud ceilings, the concentration of VFR traffic through a lower elevation route, the lessened visibility even in daylight of white turbine blades against a bright sunlit westerly route and specifically against lowered clouds and smog as a typical local meterological phenomena. Higher density altitude in summer funnels traffic through lower routes for engine performance considerations. Lower preferred cruising altitudes around the higher terrain for oxygen saturation concerns, lower level flying in winter to avoid freezing levels, all these items can be mentioned as factors that cannot be mitigated by lighting. Being forced to land under low ceilings in summer thunderstorms or winter San Joaquin ooze at the glider field to remain VFR, you would not like to slalom these proposed towers. Turbine Placement is the issue, not renewable power production. Distancing the turbines away from the runway, and away from the lowest ridgeline, or oriented on the approach quadrilateral are all needed as alterations of the plan. Mitigation efforts with night lighting do not compensate for a high- traffic route, a construction style that provides extremely minimal visibility and extreme risk ( this project recalls the German's Rommel's Asparagus of Normandy). We are sorry for the short notice. But we've only had about a week to respond ourselves. Thanks for your help and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Larry and Jane Barrett Mountain Valley Airport Skylark North 661 - 822-5267 September 17, 2009 posted by a glider friend - for Tehachapi glider pilots Cindy B SSA Governmental Liaison Committee www.ssa.org Cindy, Have you contacted the California Pilots' Assn.? They have won some victories along this line. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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Fight Wind Turbines at KL94 - SoCal -by 9/21
On Sep 18, 1:05*pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote: In article , *CindyB wrote: Flyers: The airports involved are located in Southern California, Kerm County, Tehachapi Valley, KL94 as Mountain Valley Airport (a public-use soaring airfield) and Tehachapi Municipal, KTSP. We need some help with e-mail or fax inputs to Kern County Planning Department in response to a Draft Environmental Impact Report on wind turbines. *The comments on the DEIR must be filed by MONDAY, 5 p.m., September 21. * This study occurs prior to an FAA Notice of Proposed Contruction and Obstruction filing, and hence is a way to kick the objectionable part of the program in the teeth, BEFORE it becomes a more likely eventuality. The proposal is for the construction of 320 wind turbine generators approximately 500 feet tall. The project is entitled "Alta-Oak Creek Mojave Project" by Terra Gen. The project is comprised of 3 subareas, two of which (Subarea 1 and Subarea 3) are located close to MVA. Details of the project are available on the Kern county Planning website (co.kern.ca.gov.us/ planning) if you click on Alta-Oak Creek Project. The pertinent maps are in the Project Description Section. * * MVA's concern is that Subarea 3 is located approximately one-third of a mile from the southeast end of the runway horizontal surface and penetrates well within the 20:1 glide slope surface. While the DEIR demands compliance with FAA Notices of Proposed Construction and Obstruction Lighting, such compliance does not negate the threat to all air traffic (gliders and general aviation) approaching from the southeast or transiting the Tehachapi Valley. * * We are urging pilots to respond to the DEIR with concerns and objections. Kern County DOES respond to sheer numbers of responses. The only problem is that responses MUST be made by Monday, September 21 at 5:00 pm. They may be emailed or faxed to the following individual. *Please carbon-copy us too. * * * Kern County Planning Department * * * Attention: Christopher Mynk * * * Fax: 661-862-8601 * * * Email: Translates to * *Please include in your response a brief description of your aviation qualifications. If you are a visiting or Southern California pilot, and have flown with us, through or over the Tehachapi Valley, enumerate your transitions. *Speak to the issues of flight safety in airplane/glider approaches upwind to the west, VFR transitions of the valley under winter skies with lesser visibility (on mountain wave style days) and under cloud ceilings, the concentration of VFR traffic through a lower elevation route, *the lessened visibility even in daylight of white turbine blades against a bright sunlit westerly route and specifically against lowered clouds and smog as a typical local meterological phenomena. * Higher density altitude in summer funnels traffic through lower routes for engine performance considerations. *Lower preferred cruising altitudes around the higher terrain for oxygen saturation concerns, lower level flying in winter to avoid freezing levels, all these items can be mentioned as factors that cannot be mitigated by lighting. Being forced to land under low ceilings in summer thunderstorms *or winter San Joaquin ooze at the glider field to remain VFR, you would not like to slalom these proposed towers. * *Turbine Placement is the issue, not renewable power production. Distancing the turbines away from the runway, and away from the lowest ridgeline, or oriented on the approach quadrilateral are all needed as alterations of the plan. * *Mitigation efforts with night lighting do not compensate for a high- traffic route, a construction style that provides extremely minimal visibility and extreme risk ( this project recalls the German's Rommel's Asparagus of Normandy). * * We are sorry for the short notice. But we've only had about a week to respond ourselves. Thanks for your help and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Larry and Jane Barrett Mountain Valley Airport Skylark North * * 661 - 822-5267 September 17, 2009 posted by a glider friend - for Tehachapi glider pilots Cindy B SSA Governmental Liaison Committee www.ssa.org Cindy, *Have you contacted the California Pilots' Assn.? They have won some victories along this line. -- Remove _'s *from email address to talk to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXybnTbjBl8 |
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