Turbine ordinance critics file court appeals

The next chapter in the saga of Whitman County’s proposed commercial wind ordinance will take place in Superior Court.

Roger Whitten of Oakesdale and Carolyn Kiesz of Thornton asked the court Friday to reverse County Planner Alan Thomson’s determination of non-significance for the proposed ordinance or require an environmental impact statement for the ordinance under the State Environmental Protection Act.

After Thomson’s determination, Whitten, Kiesz and Brian Bannan of Uniontown responded with comment letters, but Thompson stuck with his initial ruling.

Under the state SEPA act, residents wh...