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Feb. 10, 2011
Two public hearings have been scheduled that will have an “impending impact” on the Board of Garrett County Commissioners’ authority over the placement of potential wind turbines, county administrator Monty Pagenhardt announced on Tuesday.
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing for Sen. George Edwards’ SB 252 on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. in Annapolis. The proposed legislation would give the Garrett County commissioners the authority to enact ordinances regarding setbacks and the decommissioning of commercial wind turbines.
The commissioners asked Edwards and Del. Wendell Beitzel in December to introduce the legislation in this year’s General Assembly session, which began last month.
Commission chair Gregan Crawford, Commissioner Bob Gatto, county administrator Monty Pagenhardt, and Director John Nelson, Garrett County Department of Planning and Land Development, plan to testify on the Board of Garrett County Commissioners’ support for this enabling legislation.
