Cape Wind Comment Summary revised1

Comment Summary: Offshore wind energy generation project Horseshoe Shoals, Nantucket Sound Section 10 Permit Application Draft Environmental Impact Statement Cape Wind Associates, LLC Prepared for: US Army Corps of Engineers New England District 696 Virginia Road Concord, MA 01742-2751 File No. 200102913 NOTE: This document summarizes comments received by the New England District through April 24, 2002TABLE OF CONTENTS page # INTRODUCTION 4 TABLE 1: COMMENTERS VIA ORAL TESTIMONY 5-6 TABLE 2: COMMENTERS VIA WRITTEN TESTIMONY 7-8 TABLE 3: COMMENTERS VIA E-MAIL TESTIMONY 8-9 1.0 PROJECT GOAL AND JUSTIFICATION 10 2.0 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS 10 3.0 PROJECT NED 11 4.0 ECONMIC ANLYSI 11 5.0 PERMITING PROCES 1 6.0 LAND JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY 11 7.0 WIND TECHNOLOGY 11-12 8.0 ENRGY SOURCE 12 9.0 FUEL DIVERSITY 2 10.0 ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 12 11.0 ELECTRICTY RATE CHANGE 12 12.0 FISCAL IMPACTS 12 13.0 ENVIRONMENTAL TRADEOFFS AND BENEFITS 13 14.0 BALNCE OFBENFITS 13 15.0 HUMAN HEALTH BENFITS 13 16.0 EDUCATIONAL, DEMONSTRATIONAL, AND TOURISM OPPS 13 17.0 JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY 13 18.0 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND FACILITY DESCRIPTIONS 14 19.0 INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REMOVAL 14 20.0 AESTHETIC AND AUDITORY IMPACTS 14 2 ...