This is from the Idaho State Journal:
BLACKFOOT -- Bingham County Commission Chairman Cleone Jolley said a public hearing held at Shelley City Hall Thursday was aimed at disseminating information and collecting public input related to a proposed new ordinance regulating siting of wind turbines.
Jolley said the proposed ordinance also regulates future construction of wind farms in the county.
Currently, Bingham County has no ordinance pertaining to the new energy technology.The proposed ordinance would require set-backs of one half-mile from any inhabited structure and 1. 5 miles from the property boundaries where a wind turbine is situated. Jolley said a special use permit will still be required in agricultural and natural resource zones and light and heavy manufacturing areas.
Opponent Frank VanderSloot, CEO of Melaleuca, Inc., an Idaho-based nutritional, cosmetic, and personal care products company, has strongly opposed the siting of wind turbines in Wolverine Canyon. He recently submitted the results of a survey he conducted that he said indicates support for the wind projects drops when residents learn that the majority of power generated by the wind farms would go out of state.VanderSloot and his holding company, Natural Guardian Limited Partnership, owns or leases about 1,500 acres in the Wolverine Canyon area. He is pursuing a designation of the land as a state park.
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