Onondaga County development officials gave a key approval to move the Micron microchip project forward on Friday. Micron’s Final Environmental Impact Statement was unanimously accepted as complete by the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA). Getting this part of their proposal accepted was a hurdle Micron had been working on for months.
OCIDA Director Bob Petrovich said he is satisfied that concerns about the project’s potential environmental effects have been addressed.
“This is a huge project [with] lots of impacts, and just because you have issues doesn’t mean you can’t mitigate them,” said Petrovich. “Some things can’t be mitigated. To build on a site, you’re going to have to deal with wetlands, and there’s a strategy to deal with wetlands.”…