Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451
- Associated facilities: means elements of a wind energy development other than its generating facilities that are necessary to the proper operation and maintenance of the wind energy development, including but not limited to buildings, access roads, generator lead lines and substations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451
- Best practical mitigation: means methods or technologies used during construction or operation of a wind energy development that control or reduce to the lowest feasible level impacts to scenic or wildlife resources in accordance with rules adopted by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451
- Combined observation: means a view from a scenic resource of state or national significance of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of the scenic resource of state or national significance within the field of view of a stationary viewer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Commissioner: means one of the members of the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Community benefit agreement: means an agreement between the developer of an expedited wind energy development and a host community that involves payments by the developer to the host community to be utilized for public purposes, including, but not limited to, for property tax reductions, economic development projects, land and natural resource conservation, tourism promotion or reduction of energy costs, and that specifies in writing:
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