Application of Antrim Wind Energy, LLC First Supplemental Prefiled Testimony of Richard Will and Russell Stevenson

October 11, 2012 Page 1 of 5

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

BEFORE THE

SITE EVALUATION COMMITTEE

DOCKET NO. 2012-01

APPLICATION OF ANTRIM WIND ENERGY, LLC

FOR A CERTIFICATE OF SITE AND FACILITY

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL PREFILED TESTIMONY OF

RICHARD WILL AND RUSSELL STEVENSON

ON BEHALF OF

ANTRIM WIND ENERGY, LLC

October 11, 2012 Background and Qualifications of Richard Will 1

Q. Please state your name and business address. 2

A. My name is Richard Will and my business address is 71 Oak Street, Ellworth, 3

Maine 04605. 4

Q. Please identify your current employer and position, as well as your 5

qualifications. 6

A. My current employer is TRC Companies and I hold the position of Manager, 7

Northeast Cultural Division. My qualifications have not changed from those presented in 8

my prefiled direct testimony filed January 31, 2012 in this docket. 9

Background and Qualifications of Russell Stevenson 10

Q. Please state your name and business address. 11

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A. My name is Russell Stevenson, My business address is 375 East Elm Street, 1

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428. 2

Q. Please identify your current employer and position, as well as your 3

qualifications. 4

A. I am employed by A.D. Marble & Company and hold the position of 5

Architectural Historian. My qualifications have not changed those stated in my prefiled 6

testimony filed January 31, 2012 in this docket. 7

Purpose of Testimony 8

Q. What is the purpose of this testimony? 9

A. The purpose of Mr. Stevenson’s testimony is to update his initial prefiled 10

testimony regarding the status of activities of the New Hampshire Division of Historical 11

Resources “DHR” and the Section 106 process concerning the Antrim Wind Project’s 12

potential impacts on architectural resources. The purpose of Mr. Wills’s testimony is to 13

adddress Richard Block’s testimony concerning the validity of the Project’s 14

archaeological study. 15

Q. Mr. Stevenson, please describe the current status of DHR’s activities and the 16

Section 106 process concerning a review of the Project’s potential impacts on 17

architectural resources. 18

A. On July 3, 2012 I submitted an individual inventory form for the Dodge Family 19

Farm on Reed Carr Road and Pine Haven Cottages on Clinton Road. I also submitted 20

historic area forms for Clinton, Antrim Center, Gregg Lake and White Birch Point. DHR 21

reviewed the forms and responded with its comments in a letter dated July 30, 2012. See 22

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Attachment RS-1 submitted herewith. DHR’s letter indicated that the Dodge Family 1

Farm (ANT0010) was eligible for listing in the State Register and National Register of 2

Historic Places. In addition, DHR determined that the development along the north shore 3

of Gregg Lake (ANT-GL) was not eligible for listing in the State Register and National 4

Register of Historic Places. DHR requested additional information on the following 5

forms prior to making a decision on their eligibility: Pine Haven Cottages (ANT0011), 6

Antrim Center (ANT-AC), White Birch Point (ANT-WBP) and Clinton (ANT-CV). The 7

additional information was prepared and and revised forms were submitted to NHDHR 8

by September 5, 2012 so that they could be reviewed at the September 12, 2012 9

Determination of Eligibility Committee meeting. In a response letter dated September 10

20, 2012, DHR determined that Clinton Village (ANT-CV) was not eligible for listing in 11

the State Register of Historic Places. See Attachment RW&RS-2. In addition, DHR 12

determined that Pine Haven (ANT0011), Antrim Center (ANT-AC) and White Birch 13

Point (ANT-WPB) were all eligible for listing in the State Register and National Register 14

of Historic Places. Id. I am now in the process of preparing assessment of effects 15

information for submittal to DHR on the four eligible properties: Dodge Family Farm 16

(ANT0010), Pine Haven (ANT0011), Antrim Center (ANT-AC) and White Birch Point 17

(ANT-WBP). If DHR, in consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, finds that 18

any eligible property will suffer adverse effects from the project, then the mitigation 19

phase of Section 106 will proceed. 20

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Q. Mr. Will, are you familiar with the prefiled testimony of Richard Block in 1

this docket which, at page 8, questions the validity of the Project’s archaeological 2

studies because they were conducted during snowy conditions? 3

A. Yes, I am. 4

Q. Do you agree with this portion of Mr. Block’s testimony? If not, please state 5

the basis for your disagreement. 6

A. I do not agree with Mr. Block’s assertions concerning the validity of the 7

archaeological studies for this Project. Ms. Karen Mack, an archaeologist approved for 8

work in the State of New Hampshire, conducted field reconnaissance surveys of the 9

archaeological area of potential effect (APE) of the Antrim Wind Project on November 10

23- 26, 2011. The proposal to conduct this field work had been previously reviewed and 11

approved by NH DHR. The proposal noted that a walkover survey would be completed 12

and field testing accomplished as necessary. As discussed and illustrated in the 13

archaeological report contained in Appendix 9B of AWE’s SEC Application, at the time 14

of the survey, the ground was not frozen and there was patchy snow cover in portions of 15

the Project area, but not enough to obscure ground conditions in any areas of the 16

archaeological APE. No subsurface testing was accomplished. Field testing was not 17

undertaken because there were no areas identified that were either sensitive for 18

archaeological resources or showed evidence that an archaeological site might be present 19

(for example, a cellarhole depression). A Phase I final report (contained in Appendix 9B 20

of the AWE Application) was submitted to NH DHR for review and comment and the 21

document was approved. NH DHR has indicated that there are no known properties of 22

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archaeological significance in the area of the APE and no further identification or 1

evaluative studies are recommended. See Attachment RW & RS-3 (August 30, 2012 2

Memorandum from Nadine Peterson, Preservation Planner, NH DHR to Michael 3

Iacopino, Counsel NH Site Evaluation Committee.) 4

Q. Do you have anything further to add to this testimony? 5

A. No, not at this time. 6

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