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More groups file lawsuits over Altamont Pass windmill bird = deaths

By Bob=20 Brownne
San Joaquin News Service

Last=20 updated: Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 - 06:44:24 am PST

Two more groups have filed lawsuits over wind turbines in the = Altamont Pass,=20 both claiming that Alameda County officials aren't moving fast enough to = prevent=20 windmills from killing hundreds of birds of prey.

Last week, = Californians=20 for Renewable Energy filed suit against Alameda County over renewal = permits for=20 about 3,600 wind turbines. They are among 5,400 turbines in the = 50,000-acre=20 Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in Alameda and Contra Costa counties = and=20 include windmills that are about 20 years old.

The Golden Gate Audubon Society followed up that action with a = similar=20 lawsuit Monday. The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against = turbine=20 owners a year ago and claimed that windmills kill birds in violation of = state=20 and federal law.

The county approved the permits in July with the = condition that the wind turbine owners remove about 100 windmills which, = because=20 of their location, are most lethal to birds. Wind turbine owners must = also shut=20 down half of their turbines for two months starting today, and shut down = the=20 other half for two months starting Jan. 1.

They must also = gradually=20 replace the old windmills with modern turbines, which are taller and = larger,=20 over the next 13 years. One modern machine can produce as much = electricity as=20 several old turbines, and power companies and environmental groups agree = that=20 birds would be better able to see and avoid the larger = windmills.

John=20 Gabrielli, the Sacramento attorney who represents the renewable energy = group,=20 said his clients are concerned that the county will postpone studies on = how many=20 birds the windmills kill, possibly by as long as two or three=20 years.

"They're still claiming they have a full exemption from=20 environmental laws," Gabrielli said. "We're not going to let that go by = without=20 challenging it."

Elizabeth Murdoch, executive director of the = Golden Gate=20 Audubon Society, said a new study could show how to reduce bird deaths = by 50 to=20 85 percent. It could be done through a combination of new turbines, = permanent=20 shutdown of more of the hazardous turbines and shutdown of all turbines = during=20 the fall and winter migration season, when eagles and hawks from all = over the=20 western U.S. fly though the Diablo Range.

"We believe the county has at its fingertips the best recommendation = to get=20 us to a 50 percent reduction, and what they've done is come up with a=20 recommendation that doesn't get us anywhere near that 50 percent," she=20 said.

She added that any solution that minimizes bird deaths = would have=20 far-reaching effects on wind power and efforts to protect birds of=20 prey.

"There are a lot of eyes around the country and around the = world=20 watching to see how this will be resolved," Murdoch said.

Steve = Stengel,=20 spokesman for Florida Power and Light, owner of most of the wind = turbines, said=20 he thought the county's recommendation was a good = start.

"Regardless of=20 the lawsuits going forward, the seasonal shutdown is the right thing to = do," he=20 said. "It shows we're serious about reducing the number of collisions in = the=20 Altamont."

The power company already has replaced some of its = wind=20 turbines with new models. Stengel said further environmental review = would set a=20 standard for future windmill replacement.

Chris Gray, chief of = staff for=20 Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty, said county supervisors had=20 determined, on advice from their legal counsel, that new environmental = reviews=20 weren't needed because the permits are for wind turbines that are = already in=20 place.

He added that a study last year for the California Energy=20 Commission, which estimates between 1,766 and 4,721 bird deaths each = year, is=20 based on theoretical projections.

"The documented number of bird = kills is=20 a small fraction of that," he said, and added that detailed records are = required=20 under the renewed permits.

"All of the data we're collecting now = can go=20 into that environmental impact report and make it a better=20 document."

Gabrielli acknowledged that the compromise reached in = July=20 will help, but said the group believes state environmental law will = support=20 CARE's insistence on detailed studies right away.

"What we're = saying is,=20 let the judge settle this; then we can sit down with the judge's = assistance and=20 work out a viable program," he said.

Contact Bob Brownne at = brownne@tracypress.com. =

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