I wanted to share with you the following article that was published by the Times Union:

Times Union: Facility OK'd for chip fab permit Project near Utica clears major hurdle of wetlands location

By Eric Anderson

Published 7:41 pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2014

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said a wetlands permit that will allow construction of a new computer chip manufacturing plant in Utica will be issued Friday by the Army Corps of Engineers.

The SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering based in Albany will be listed as the end user, or "tenant," at the site, allowing the permit to be issued.

"These necessary, long-sought Army Corps of Engineers federal wetlands permits are on the way, which will make Utica's computer chip manufacturing plant, Marcy Nano, a reality, (making) the site a tremendous regional job creator and a boon to the local economy," Schumer said.

"Today's news is yet another example that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's investments in the Mohawk Valley, which include $100 million to have the Marcy site advanced manufacturing ready and a $1.5 billion Nano Utica education and innovation consortium, are working," said Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of SUNY NanoCollege and SUNY IT. "This permit enables us to begin development of the Marcy site immediately and make Utica the state's second major hub for nanotechnology, along with the mother ship in Albany."

The permit will allow Mohawk Valley EDGE, the local economic development agency, and CNSE to start developing and building a semiconductor plant that Schumer said could generate over a thousand jobs. The 400-acre Marcy site eventually could have as many as three semiconductor fabrication plants.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand also welcomed the decision to issue the permit.

"This project has the potential to be a powerful economic engine for the Mohawk Valley," Gillibrand said. "The Marcy Nanocenter project is the kind of development we need to bring to the Mohawk Valley to create more good-paying, high-tech jobs right here in New York."

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