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(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 22, 2014, 03:32 PM Apr 2014

DEC seeks public comment on NYCO test mining

By KIM SMITH DEDAM Press-Republican

RAY BROOK — Statewide approval that allows NYCO Minerals to test mine on state land requires changes to Adirondack Park regulations.

Last November, voters in New York approved a measure granting NYCO permission to test for wollastonite on Lot 8, a 200-acre parcel of state land beside the company’s existing mine in the Town of Lewis.

If enough is found, NYCO will swap 1,500 private acres for the 200-acre parcel of state land in Jay Mountain Wilderness Area.

Called Proposition 5, the measure was approved 1,276,595 to 1,122,055 votes, a margin of 53.22 to 46.78 percent.

http://m.pressrepublican.com/pr/pm_102668/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=0KzEVKTX

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