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Friends of Maine's Mountains v. Board of Environmental Protection

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 5, 2013PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSilver, J.

[¶ 1] Friends of Maine’s Mountains, Friends of Saddleback Mountain, and several individuals 1 (collectively, Friends) appeal from a final order of the Board of Environmental Protection. The Board affirmed the Department of Environmental Protection’s order approving the application of Saddleback Ridge Wind, LLC (Sad-dleback), for a permit to construct the Saddleback Ridge Wind Project.

[¶2] Friends argues that the Board abused its discretion when determining which nighttime sound level limit to apply to the applications. Friends also makes three constitutional arguments: (1) that the Maine Wind…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re Spring Valley DevelopmentSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
  2. Town of Baldwin v. CarterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  3. Friends of Lincoln Lakes v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
  4. Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of OaklandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. Sager v. Town of BowdoinhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Robert D. Rossignol v. Maine Public Employees Retirement SystemSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
  2. State v. CruthirdsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
  3. Marcel Dubois v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2017
  4. Stephen Doane v. Department of Health and Human ServicesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2021
  5. Richard Ouellette v. Saco River Corridor CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2022

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