May 10, 2018 — Members of the East Hampton Town Board will be joined by the East Hampton Town Trustees next week for a public hearing on a request by Deepwater Wind to land a power cable for its proposed South Fork Wind Farm off Beach Lane in Wainscott.
The hearing will be held at LTV Studios in Wainscott at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17.
The South Fork Wind Farm is proposed to include 12 to 15 wind turbines and be constructed 30 miles southeast of Montauk. In December, Deepwater Wind officials said Beach Lane was the ideal location to land the cable, offering the best protection for it from erosion or damage during coastal storms. The landing site also offers the shortest route on the ground to a PSEG substation in East Hampton Village. While the two-year environmental review of the South Fork Wind Farm will be led by the New York Public Service Commission on the state level, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on the federal level, town officials must sign off on the landing of the cable before that process can begin.
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