Terrestrial Wind Regulation in the New Jersey Coastal Zone

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Terrestrial Wind Regulation in the New Jersey
Coastal Zone

• Ruth Ehinger
• Coastal Program Manager
• NJDEP

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New Jersey Wind Mandates

• Offshore 3000MW
• Onshore 200 MW

Image Associated Press
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Coastal On-land Wind Generation
Image BeMoreGreen.com

• Regulation Permitting Transparency

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Regulate Based on Size

• Type A
• Less than 150 high and 3 turbines or fewer
• Type B
• 150 250 high and less than 20,000 square feet
  wind swept area
• Type C
• Greater than 250 high

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Type A

• 10kW Bergey

600W Southwest WindPower
10kW Bergey on 100 tower
Photos from NREL PIX
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Type A
Permit type Permit evaluation Monitoring
Permit-by-rule General permit if PBR standards not met Individual permit if PBR or GP standards not met. PBR No DEP evaluation GP DEP evaluation for compliance with GP standards IP DEP evaluation for full CZM rules No pre or post construction surveys
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Type B

• 660kW Vestas Turbine At Hull, Massachusetts

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Type B
Permit type Permit evaluation Monitoring
General permit if standards are met Individual permit if GP standards are not met Identify critical environmental habitats where potential impacts preclude Type B turbines Individual permit subject to applicable CZM rules. No Pre-construction surveys One year post-construction bird and bat carcass search
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Type C

• 5 1.5MW turbines at the ACUA Wastewater Treatment
  Plant

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Type C
Permit type Permit evaluation Monitoring
Individual permit Identify critical environmental habitats where potential impacts preclude Type C turbines Individual permit subject to applicable CZM rules. Pre-construction surveys 1 year Radar Birds Bats Post-construction surveys 2 years Bird bat carcass search Visual bird surveys
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• Comments?
• Tiered approach
• Critical environmental habitats
• Monitoring
• Email comments regarding the regulatory approach
  by January 1, 2009
• annmarie.hoagland_at_dep.state.nj.us
• For pre-application meetings and other permitting
  issues, please contact the Division of Land Use
  Regulation Tech Center at 609-777-0454