Town of Barnstable v. Cape Wind Associates, LLC

Rufo, Robert C., J.

INTRODUCTION

The Town of Barnstable (“the Town”) and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. and ten individual residents of the Commonwealth (collectively, “the Alliance”) filed this action challenging the issuance, under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (“MEPA”), of a Final Environmental Impact Report Certificate (“FEIR”) for a proposed commercial wind energy facility in Nantucket Sound and on land in Barnstable and Yarmouth. This matter is before the court on the Alliance’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 12(c) and Superior…