FAA gives Cape Wind project key clearance

Published August 16, 2012 1:44am ET



BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday again ruled that the Cape Wind offshore wind farm poses no hazard to local airplanes, months after a federal appeals court forced it to reconsider the agency finding.

The FAA said in a statement that after an aeronautical study, it determined the project’s 130 turbines wouldn’t endanger local air traffic.

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