This petition is to stop and/or put a moratorium on the industrialization of our shores and landfalls in Sea Girt and Manasquan. We need a comprehensive  Environmental Impact Study to be obtained and conducted by independent research. We want to halt any further construction of the wind farms on the NJ Shore until we can be positive if there are negative effects and potential long term harm to or communities and our environment. We have formed a  coalition to stop this now!!

The proposed project by Atlantic Shores hasn’t been fully studied and hasn’t addressed the following issues:

1. Current destruction of our Marine life with emphasis on Humpback Whales     

2.  Environmental damage caused by the construction and long term operation of wind turbines.

3. The increase in cost of electricity to all NJ residents

4. The visual pollution of the turbines that will negatively impact our tourist trade all along the NJ Coast that will result in massive monetary loss to he state of New Jersey.

5. No current planning for the decommissioning of the wind turbines when they reach their expiration.

For more information, please go to www.saveourtails.org

and East Coast United-Save Our Tails on Facebook

www.boem.gov

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC , a 50/50 joint venture between  EDF Renewables, Inc. and Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell) has proposed to construct the Atlantic Shores Onshore Interconnection Facilities located in the Boroughs of Manasquan and Borough of Sea Girt, Township of Howell and Township of Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey and the City of Atlantic City and City of Pleasantville, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. The Onshore Facilities will support Atlantic Shores’ proposal to develop two offshore wind energy generation projects
within Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area .The proposed facilities will be located in the southern approximately 102,000 acres of the Lease Area, the Projects will include up to 200 wind turbine generators and up to 10 offshore substations connected by a system of 66 kilovolt (kV) – 150 kV inter-array cables and 66 kV – 275 kV inter-link cables.
1. Inter-array cable voltage level: 66 kV, 132 kV and 150 kV.
2. Offshore export cable voltage level: 230 kV AC, 275 kV AC, 320 kV DC and 525 kV