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LaSalle County Board approves two Fall River Township wind-turbine special uses amid questions about meteorological data
Summary
The board approved two separate special-use petitions for single 5-megawatt wind turbines in Fall River Township (projects labeled Wind 1 and Wind 2), each with 13 conditions recommended by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Board members questioned whether site-specific meteorological (MET) tower data had been collected before approvals.
The LaSalle County Board on Sept. 1 approved two special-use petitions to install commercial wind turbines in Fall River Township, each petition authorizing a single 5-megawatt turbine and each carrying 13 conditions recommended by the LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals. The decisions affect two parcels in Fall River Township and are consequential because they authorize utility-scale wind turbines under the county’s ordinance while recording conditions intended to mitigate local impacts. Mister Gift, who presented the petitions, described the south project as “a 5 megawatt wind turbine on the subject parcel,” and said the Zoning…
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