Acciona to create community group

St. Lawrence Wind Farm’s developer is trying to start a focus group of officials and community members.

The goal is to share more information on the 53-turbine, 79.5-megawatt St. Lawrence Wind Farm.

“We’ve had our office open to provide people with information for more than three years,” Peter E. Zedick, project manager, said. “As we progress towards the end of the SEQR process, we will step up our work to have an open dialog with our community.”

SEQR is the state environmental review process and Acciona Wind Energy USA is preparing its final environmental impact statement.

Acciona Wind Energy USA will organize a group of 10 to 15 members from Cape Vincent, Lyme and Jefferson County government and wind support and opposition groups. “The group will represent a variety of different viewpoints across the community,” he said. “It will help us make sure we’re sharing all the information we can with the community.” The developer plans to have several meetings this year with a moderator from the Center for Community Studies at Jefferson Community College, Watertown. “The meetings will be private, but we’ll provide minutes to the public,” Mr. Zedick said.