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Attorneys for Highland New Wind Development and the Virginia Dept of Historic Resources appeared before VA State Corporation Commission Senior Hearing Examiner Alexander F. Skirpan, Jr Tuesday in Richmond.

Opponents of Highland New Wind Developments proposed wind farm in Highland County will have their day in court later this month.

The Highland Supervisors address some of the concerns over Highland New Wind Developments’ project and it’s impacts on nearby Pocahontas County.

Virginia’s Dept of Historic Resources and Highland New Wind Development will face off once again before the Virginia State Corporation Commission in October. At issue is how Highland New Wind Development’s wind turbine project may impact viewsheds from civil war battlefield Camp Allegheny in Pocahontas County.

According to one geologist, the run-off from the wind energy facility under construction in Highland County, VA threatens the health of a protected trout stream on the WV side of Allegheny Mountain

Highland New Wind Development will once again appear before the Virginia State Corporation Commission later this month. The Virginia Dept of Historic Resources accuses HNWD of not consulting with DHR in a good faith effort to minimize the effects of the wind turbines on nearby civil war battlefield and other historic sites.

Commissioners seek the counsel of a WVU law professor in an attempt to clear the air about the state line between West Virginia and Virginia, as it relates to the wind project in Highland County, Virginia