tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868411920004717596.post7756307852761276267..comments2024-03-21T02:46:31.260-04:00Comments on The Mountain Eagle: Howe Caverns Site Ahead of Curve on Environmental StudyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868411920004717596.post-51987871984466318132014-05-03T17:36:23.835-04:002014-05-03T17:36:23.835-04:00While I applaud Schoharie News for reporting on th...While I applaud Schoharie News for reporting on the progress of the casino issue, some effort must be put into that reporting. Howe Caverns is making statements that are simply untrue and they should have been challenged. They claim that they have competed a SEQRA review for the casino? There is no developer, no blueprints, no documented operating conditions, and no site plan but somehow they completed the environmental review? They may have completed an environmental review for a zip line, an RV campground, dinosaur park or some other proposal but that is irrelevant. <br /><br />The SEQRA for a casino would be separate issue and would have to be undertaken for the Howe Cavern site just like any other proposed casino site. Further, the applicant completes only part of the SEQRA form. The other part is completed by the Lead Agency which may or not be the Town of Cobleskill with input from “Involved” and “Interested Agencies” (Of which there may be many). None of that has happened for a casino project. They can say the environmental review has been completed but that does not make it true and in this case it isn’t true. I would encourage the Schoharie News to ask hard questions and print investigated stories rather than untrue PR statements made by would-be developers trying to hype their chances in a competitive process. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840827107510077184noreply@blogger.com