MARCY, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will approve the federal wetlands permits necessary for development of a computer-chip manufacturing facility in Marcy.
USACE will issue the permits for Mohawk Valley EDGE on Friday, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.).
Rome, N.Y.–based Mohawk Valley EDGE (Economic Development Growth Enterprises Corp.) is an economic-development organization.
The approval will allow Mohawk Valley EDGE and the permit end-user, the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), to begin developing the 400-acre site and constructing a computer-chip manufacturing facility that could generate over one thousand jobs.
The facility will complement the nanoscience research and development conducted at SUNYIT (the SUNY Institute of Technology), which is located adjacent to the site.
The process to secure the wetlands permits took “over one year,” Schumer said.
“These permits are set to be signed, sealed, and delivered this Friday and will give this multi-billion dollar project the green light it needs to create jobs, jobs, jobs in the Mohawk Valley,” said Schumer.
A separate news release from the office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) indicates the junior Senator and U.S. Representative Richard Hanna (R–Barneveld) “worked hard to ensure the Army Corps approved this application.”
Schumer last November met with the Buffalo district office of the USACE to secure a commitment that the Corps would “expedite” EDGE’s permit application for a formal decision.
Mohawk Valley EDGE had long sought an end-user for its chip-manufacturing site, but had been unable to secure a wetlands permit from the USACE without also identifying a firm tenant, Schumer’s office said.
When CNSE has assumed that role, the “end user,” Schumer contended that USACE would be able to more easily grant the permit.
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