Legal Opinion
Town of Barnstable v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 28, 2011No. 10-1276, 10-1307PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Cape Wind Associates has proposed building 130 wind turbines, each 440 feet tall, in a 25-square mile area of Nantucket Sound — an area roughly the size of Manhattan island. If constructed, the project would be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. See Impact Study of 130 Offshore Wind Turbines in Nantucket Sound at 1 fig. 1, Joint Appendix (“J.A.”) 59, shown below:
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As required by federal regulations, Cape Wind notified the Federal Aviation Administration of its proposed construction. See…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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