Ithaca committee agrees to sign countywide request for environmental review of Cargill salt mine
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The Committee of the Whole agreed to add to the consent agenda a resolution asking for an environmental impact statement on the proposed Cargill salt mine near Keuka Lake; the measure was referred to the council consent agenda for the Feb. 5 meeting and carried unanimously in committee.
The Ithaca Common Council Committee of the Whole voted to refer a resolution asking for an environmental impact statement on the proposed Cargill salt mine to the Feb. 5 council consent agenda. The committee’s vote to refer the item carried unanimously in committee.
The resolution would join most municipalities in the county in requesting a formal environmental impact statement for the proposed salt mine near Keuka Lake. Committee members described the measure as an endorsement of a countywide request for fuller state-level environmental review.
No amendment to the text was adopted in committee. Council discussion at the committee meeting framed the item as a request for additional environmental study, and members thanked local advocates who had monitored the issue for years.
Because the item was placed on the consent agenda, the council will consider it at the Feb. 5 meeting unless a council member pulls it for separate discussion.