Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Taylorville residents voicing complaints about factory noise
Credit: WICS NewsChannel 20 | December 19, 2013 | www.wics.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Tonight, the city of Taylorville will discuss numerous noise complaints–the result of the new wind turbine at the Ahlstrom filtration plant.
Residents who live near the plant, along with representatives of the company, have been invited to attend tonight’s meeting.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency mandated that Ahlstrom add the new equipment to the plant. It creates a high-pitched noise, which bothers residents.
“They understand that they live next to a factory, and the noises that come with a plant like that, but when they try to sleep at night, they hear this humming, and it, volume-wise, I don’t think it’s any worse than it has been,” Taylorville mayor Greg Brotherton said. “But I think there’s a different tone to it, and I think that’s what’s bothering the residents.”
The mayor said the city and Ahlstrom have come to compromises in the past, and he hopes a solution can be found tonight.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Taylorville Municipal Building.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
(via Stripe) |
(via Paypal) |
Share: