B ROWN & W EINRAUB , PLLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 50 State Street Albany, New York 12207 Telephone (518) 427-7350 Facsimile (518) 427-7792

New York City Office: 233 Broadway, Suite 2070 New York, New York 10279 Telephone (212) 566-4600 Facsimile (212) 566-4603

John S. Harris email: jharris@brownweinraub.com

March 21, 2013

Honorable Jeffrey Cohen Acting Secretary New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 RE: Case 12-F-0410: Application of Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct an Approximately 200285 Megawatt Wind Electric Generating Facility in the Town of Cape Vincent, New York. Dear Acting Secretary Cohen: Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC (CVWP), a subsidiary of BP Wind Energy North America Inc., seeks a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need under Article X of the Public Service Law to construct an approximately 200-285 megawatt wind electric generating facility in the Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York (the Project). On September 17, 2012, CVWP, submitted its Public Involvement Program plan (PIP) for review pursuant to Section 1000.4 of the rules of the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board). Department of Public Service (DPS) staff reviewed CVWPs proposed PIP and, on October 17, 2012, provided CVWP with a number of recommended additions to the PIP to satisfy relevant requirements in the new Article 10 regulations. On November 16, 2012, CVWP submitted a final PIP which addressed and incorporated staffs recommendations. On March 14, 2013, we received correspondence from the Secretary to the Siting Board notifying us that one of the proposed generator interconnection line routes for the Project is

located in the Village of Chaumont. As per the Secretarys instructions we have amended applicable sections of the PIP to reflect the need to include consultation with the Village of Chaumont as a directly affected stakeholder. Respectfully submitted, /s/ John S. Harris Cc: Michael Rigo, Esq Richard Chandler Steve Wilson, Esq.

STATE OF NEW YORK BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT ______________________________________________________________________ Application of Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct an Approximately 200-285 Megawatt Wind Electric Generating Facility in the Town of Cape Vincent, New York. ______________________________________________________________________ Case 12-F-0410

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENT

John S. Harris, Esq. Brown & Weinraub, PLLC 50 State Street Albany, NY 12207 Tel: (518) 427-7350 Fax: (518) 427-7792 jharris@brownweinraub.com

Michael Rigo, Esq. Richard Chandler BP Wind Energy North America Inc. 700 Louisiana Street, 33rd Floor Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 354-4814 Fax: (713) 354-2120 michael.rigo@bp.com richard.chandler@bp.com

STATE OF NEW YORK BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT ______________________________________________________________________

Application of Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct an Approximately 200-285 Megawatt Wind Electric Generating Facility in the Town of Cape Vincent, New York. ______________________________________________________________________

Case 12-F-0410

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENT

I.

PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC (CVWP or Cape Vincent Wind Power) a

subsidiary of BP Wind Energy North America Inc., hereby submits an amendment to the proposed Public Involvement Program plan (Amended PIP) to the Department of Public Service (DPS) for review. A final Public Involvement Program plan (PIP) was submitted to DPS on November 16, 2012. The purpose of this Amended PIP is to specifically add the Village of Chaumont, Jefferson County, as an additional municipality in which a portion of the proposed CVWP 200-285 megawatt wind electric generating facility may be located (the Project). II. REVISED PROJECT DESCRIPTION Section II. B. of the PIP is amended to include the following Project information: The Project includes a possible generator interconnection line route, which includes a section of approximately 450 yards in length that runs along Jefferson County Route 179 in the Village of Chaumont, New York (the Village); a map detailing this section is attached as Exhibit A. The Project does not propose any wind turbines in the Village of Chaumont.

III.

AMENDED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM A. IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS Section IV. A. of the PIP is amended to add the Village of Chaumont to the list of

stakeholders as a host municipality. Additionally the Village is not an environmental justice (EJ) area. According to the 2010 US Census data, the Village of Chaumont does not meet or exceed either of the following EJ statistical thresholds: o At least 33.8 percent of the population reported themselves to be members of minority groups; or o At least 23.59 percent of the population in an urban or rural area had household incomes below the federal poverty level. B. LANGUAGE ACCESS Section IV.B of the PIP is amended as follows: English is the language spoken very well by over 99 percent of the residents of the Village of Chaumont. C. IDENTIFICATION OF GOALS AND METHODS FOR SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS Section IV.C of the PIP is amended as follows: The Amended PIP will include consultation with the Village of Chaumont. The chart contained in Section IV.B of the PIP will be amended to include tracking of consultation with the Village of Chaumont. The initial schedule for outreach, with Village of Chaumont is as follows: 1) A letter was sent to the Village on March 14, 2013, alerting the Mayor of the Village that one of the proposed routes for the generator interconnection line runs approximately 450 yards along County Road 179 in the Village of Chaumont.. The letter contained links to the Project website as well as the DPS website. Hard copies of the PIP, an

intervenor funding application, guidance on intervenor funding, a map of the Project, and Project factsheets were included in this correspondence. 2) On March 20, 2013, Cape Vincent Wind Power contacted the Mayor by telephone and provided an overview of the Project and the Article 10 process, including intervenor funding, and answered questions regarding each of these topics. A hard copy of a more detailed map showing the location in the Village for one of the proposed generator interconnection line route alternatives was sent to the Mayor by overnight mail (see Exhibit A). On a going forward basis, the Village will be notified and invited to Open House Events and Workshops as well as added to the mailing distribution list. The goal of such outreach is to identify the environmental setting that may be affected and any potentially significant adverse environmental and health impacts. CVWP will continue to solicit input from the Village. 3) The environmental setting that may be affected in the Village will include Noise, Visual, Property Values, Wildlife, and Public Health. Potentially Significant Adverse Environmental and Health Impacts could include, elevated noise and decreased property values as well as loss of wildlife and habitat. Cape Vincent Wind Power will use the DPS methodology (included in Attachment 3 to the DPS comments on the initial PIP submission) for tracking successful consultation or outreach. Consultation will be deemed successful if information relevant to the Village was provided to the Village, information was gathered to help advance the PIP process and preparation of the application, and follow up meetings or consultations were scheduled if deemed necessary. 4) It is expected that the following types of information will be or already have been provided to the Village:
a. Project description and location b. Description of Article 10 of the Public Service Law o Explanation of the phases of the Article 10 process

o Explanation of why the Project is going through the Article 10 process o Explanation of the Public Involvement Plan and why CVWP is conducting the outreach o Explanation of how the Village can participate in the Article 10 process o Description of the available Intervenor Funding why it is available, how much will be available, when the funds will be available, who is eligible for funding, what the process is for obtaining funding.

5) CVWP will be seeking input from the Village of Chaumont on the identification of any local laws or requirements that may be applicable to the Project. 6) CVWP will reach out to local emergency response organizations (EROs) in the Village (to the extent not already covered by previous communications with local EROs) to inform the analysis of whether all contingency plans to be implemented in response to the occurrence of a fire emergency or a hazardous substance incident can be fulfilled by existing local emergency response capacity, and to identify any specific equipment or training deficiencies in local emergency response capacity. D. NOTIFICATIONS Section IV.G of the PIP is amended by adding the following provisions: The Village will be provided notice (as more particularly described in Section IV. G of the PIP), of significant Project milestones and Public Hearings as well as all notices required by Article 10 of the Public Service law and the implementing regulations thereunder. CVWP will also confirm that the media outlets and news sources referenced in the PIP are appropriate for the Village and include the official publication of the Village.

Exhibit A

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Existing Substation Generator Interconnection Line Village of Chaumont Boundary

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Parcel Boundaries have not been surveyed - data from Jefferson County GIS. Background Sources: Copyright: 2011 National Geographic Society, i-cubed

470

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1,410

1,880 Feet

NAD 83 Drawn B y: E MA State Plane Coordinate System Date: 3/20/13 New York Central (FEE T)

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