Federal Advisory Council for Historic Preservation Recommends that Secretary Salazar Deny or Relocate Cape Wind

HYANNIS, Mass., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Audra Parker, president and CEO of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, today released the following statement:

"This is a great victory for the people of Cape Cod and the Islands, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all citizens of this country who care deeply about protecting national treasures like Nantucket Sound. The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has today recommended that Secretary Salazar deny or relocate the proposed Cape Wind project because its effects would be 'pervasive, destructive, and, in the instance of seabed construction, permanent.

"The ACHP has joined a chorus of Native American tribal leaders, state and federal historic preservation agencies, environmental groups, cities and towns, elected officials, and many other stakeholders in rejecting outright the construction of an industrial wind power plant in Nantucket Sound. The ACHP recognizes that Cape Wind is incompatible with the rich historic and tribal resources of Nantucket Sound and as such the project should be denied or relocated to a better site with fewer adverse impacts. The Cape and Islands community of stakeholders has endorsed such a site outside of Nantucket Sound – South of Tuckernuck Island. Secretary Salazar must heed these objections and either reject Cape Wind entirely or move the project to this alternate compromise location."

SOURCE Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound