NYSEG files application with IDA for new line in Sherburne, Columbus
ROCHESTER – New York State Electric and Gas Corp. filed an application late Monday to build a nearly 11-mile electrical transmission line from the Town of Sherburne to serve Agro Farma’s growing production facility in Columbus.
NYSEG proposes to build a new 46-kv transmission line from its existing county line substation in the Town of Sherburne through the towns of Sherburne and Columbus, to a new substation to be built in Columbus. The proposed route calls for the first approximately 6.75 miles of the new transmission line to be built parallel to an existing transmission line using some existing right of way. The remaining approximately 3.95 miles of the proposed route will require all new rights of way.
Property owners will be contacted to discuss new easements that are needed, a press release stated. Town of Columbus Supervisor Tom Grace said this morning that while Agro Farma “needs the power,” he hoped that NYSEG would be “open to burying lines in sensitive areas to minimize enviromental and aesthetic problems.”
The Chenango County Industrial Development Agency will act as the lead agency, as required under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act. The project falls below the 69-kilovolt threshold that would otherwise require approval from the state’s Public Service Commission.
No members of the IDA plan to comment on the development until the process is further along, said Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig yesterday.
Agro Farma received $18 million in federal tax credits from New York Empire State Development last summer and is in the process of a multi-million dollar expansion at its South Edmeston facility in Columbus. The company is building an employee roster of 700 people and its Chobani brand Greek-style yogurt is the number one yogurt in the country.
In addition to the IDA, other involved and interested agencies include the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
NYSEG expects to obtain all environmental permits and approvals for the project by this spring. Construction is expected to begin late in the spring, and the new facilities are expected to be in service by next fall.
The application, including the accompanying SEQRA documents and maps of the proposed route, will soon be available for review on NYSEG’s website, nyseg.com.
NYSEG proposes to build a new 46-kv transmission line from its existing county line substation in the Town of Sherburne through the towns of Sherburne and Columbus, to a new substation to be built in Columbus. The proposed route calls for the first approximately 6.75 miles of the new transmission line to be built parallel to an existing transmission line using some existing right of way. The remaining approximately 3.95 miles of the proposed route will require all new rights of way.
Property owners will be contacted to discuss new easements that are needed, a press release stated. Town of Columbus Supervisor Tom Grace said this morning that while Agro Farma “needs the power,” he hoped that NYSEG would be “open to burying lines in sensitive areas to minimize enviromental and aesthetic problems.”
The Chenango County Industrial Development Agency will act as the lead agency, as required under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act. The project falls below the 69-kilovolt threshold that would otherwise require approval from the state’s Public Service Commission.
No members of the IDA plan to comment on the development until the process is further along, said Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig yesterday.
Agro Farma received $18 million in federal tax credits from New York Empire State Development last summer and is in the process of a multi-million dollar expansion at its South Edmeston facility in Columbus. The company is building an employee roster of 700 people and its Chobani brand Greek-style yogurt is the number one yogurt in the country.
In addition to the IDA, other involved and interested agencies include the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
NYSEG expects to obtain all environmental permits and approvals for the project by this spring. Construction is expected to begin late in the spring, and the new facilities are expected to be in service by next fall.
The application, including the accompanying SEQRA documents and maps of the proposed route, will soon be available for review on NYSEG’s website, nyseg.com.
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