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Article: Nantucket Sound may get new status ; Ruling could delay wind farm approval
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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Massachusetts' top historic preservation officer has dealt a
setback to the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, ruling yesterday
that the body of water is eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places because of its cultural significance for
two Native American tribes.
In a letter released late in the afternoon, Brona Simon, state
historic preservation officer, said she believes that Nantucket
Sound is so culturally important to two Wampanoag tribes that it
should be listed on the National Register as a traditional cultural
property. Her decision conflicts with an earlier conclusion by the
Minerals Management Service, the federal agency that led the
environmental review ...