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YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER • www.CommunityPress.us Volume 32
AUGUST 2017
Solar Energy Project in Apalachin
Graybark Solar LLC has submitted plans to construct a 2-megawatt 20-acre solar power plant just east of Tioga Terrace in Apalachin. The Town of Owego Zoning Board of Appeals held a public hearing on August 3 to hear input form area residents. The hearing lasted over two hours. Chairman Gary Philps, after being overwhelmed by the public’s input, closed the public hearing and tabled the matter until September 7. Some of the items brought up were, storm water drainage, noise levels, setbacks, visual appeal, taxes, property values, access road in residential area, animal habitat, and chemical pollution. Missing at the meeting was representation from Graybark, the company submitting the application, instead there was
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a representative from Cypress Creek Renewables LLC. The application submitted is for a “Utility Substation” yet the representative from Cypress Creek stated that it was “2-megawatt power plant”. This area of town (zoned RB) only allows a “Utility Substation” with a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals. A substation is used to distribute the power. A solar farm that produces power is a power generating plant.
The 151st Tioga County Fair, the longest running fair in the state, kicked off on August 2 with the cutting of the ribbon by Jonathan Marks, President Tioga County Fair Board. The first event of the fair was the harness races.
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