Development Permits DP 4726 and DP 4727 Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point

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Development Permits DP 4726 and DP 4727
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point

• T 19 MD BPP, Washington County
• Prentiss Township, Somerset County

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Meteorological Testing Equipment Pole

• One meteorological testing equipment pole to
  support anemometer and wind vane to collect wind
  resource data in a M-GN Subdistrict
• 8 inches in diameter, 165.5 (50 meters) feet tall
• Supported by four guy wires, 110 feet out
• Placed on 9 square foot metal plate
• Removed from site upon completion of data
  collection

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Estimated Costs and Financial Capacity

• Funded by grant from U.S. Bureau of Indian
  Affairs, total award 152,000
• Each pole costs 32,000 to install and remove
  pole
• 3000 to 5000 to remove
• Total award also includes data collection and
  evaluation, to be done by Distributed Generation
  Systems of Lakewood, Colorado

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Review Criteria

• Section 10.22,A,3,a(6) Surveying and resource
  analysis allowed without a permit in an M-GN
  Subdistrict.
• Section 10.22,A,3,c(29) Other structures, uses,
  or services essential to allowed uses are
  allowed in an M-GN Subdistrict with a permit.
• Section 10.26,F Features of buildings which
  contain no floor area such as chimneys, towers,
  ventilators and spires, may exceed the maximum
  building height of 100 feet with Commission
  approval.

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Meteorological testing equipment pole
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DP 4726, T19 MD BPPWashington County

• Proposal
• One meteorological testing equipment pole to be
  located within Tribal Trust Lands
• No lights required
• No additional access or clearing required
• To be used for one or more years
• Would not be visible from residential areas
• Would be more than 1000 feet from any water body

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DP 4726, T19 MD BPPWashington County

• Existing Conditions
• Tribal Trust Lands, total of 6014 acres
• In blueberry barrens
• Machias Valley Airport, 15 miles northeast
• Deblois Flight Strip, 10 miles southeast
• 2.5 miles to camps on Montegail Pond
• 9 miles to Columbia Falls

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Site location
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Staff Recommendation

• The proposed activity
• Is an allowed use in a M-GN Subdistrict
• Meets the provisions of Section 10.26,F for
  structure height
• Height of the pole is necessary to sample the
  wind resources
• Staff recommends approval of the proposed 165
  foot tall meteorological testing equipment pole

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DP 4727, Prentiss TownshipSomerset County

• Proposal
• One meteorological testing equipment pole to be
  located within Tribal Trust Lands near the
  US/Canada International boundary
• No lights required
• Access by existing land management roads and ATV
  trails
• To be used for one or more years
• Small amount of clearing for guy wires only

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DP 4727, Prentiss TownshipSomerset County

• Existing conditions
• Tribal Trust Lands, total of 11,932 acres
• Elevation 2200 feet msl
• Forest management land
• Visibility One camp on tribal land, 9
  residences one mile away on Canadian side
• Cape Horn Pond, 0.7 miles (Management Class 6)
• Jackman Airport, 20 miles southeast

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Site location
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Staff Recommendation

• The proposed activity
• Is an allowed use in a M-GN Subdistrict
• Meets the provisions of Section 10.26,F for
  structure height
• Height of the pole is necessary to sample the
  wind resources
• Pole should be removed upon completion of data
  collection
• Staff recommends approval of the proposed 165
  foot tall meteorological testing equipment pole