Pre-Filed Testimony and Exhibits of David Raphael - Vermont Public ...

Fair Haven Biomass Project, PSB Docket No.
Prefiled Testimony of David Raphael
November 2, 2010
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1 planning. graphic communications and GIS mapping. permit planning.
2 participatory and community planning, downtown revitalization, open space and
3 conservation planning, zoning ordinance and design review development,
4 landscape architecture and environmental design. At LandWorks we have
5 worked as advocates for communities, appellants. the State of Vermont, and
6 private corporations. I personally have testified and served as an expert witness
7 before most of the Disti-ict Commissions in the State and the former
8 Environmental Board, as well as the Public Service Board.
9 LandWorks has extensive experience with regard to visual assessment and
10 environmental impact, Criterion 8 of Act 250, and the design and installation of
II utility facilities and structures. We have evaluated the aesthetic and
12 environmental impact of (I) transmission lines arid corridors (including the
13 Northwest Reliability, Lamoille and Southern Loop projects, and the PV2O line
14 removal along the Route 2 causeway in Milton/South Hero): (2)
15 telecommunication facilities (Coy Mountain tower proposal and four
16 telecommunications facilities in Essex and Milton. Vermont proposed by
17 FairPoint Communications); and (3) wind energy development, the Searsburg
18 Project, the Sheffield Project (on behalf of UPC, now First Wind), and three wind
19 projects in Maine (on behalf of First Wind). We have prepared feasibility studies
20 for wind energy facilities siting for the Lamoille County Development
21 Commission. I have served as a member of the Design Issues Study Committee
22 appointed by the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources, an initiative