Micron construction stalls again after delay to environmental impact report
Construction for Micron Technology’s semiconductor manufacturing facility was pushed again after delays to its environmental impact report. The facility is expected to break ground in the winter. Joe Zhao | Senior Staff Photographer
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Construction for Micron Technology’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay has been delayed for the fourth time following setbacks to its June environmental impact report, syracuse.com reported.
The impact report, a review process detailing Micron’s expected environmental footprint, was originally set for release the first week of June. The report will now be released on June 25, delaying Micron’s groundbreaking to late November or December, County Executive Ryan McMahon said in a Tuesday press conference.
After announcing another delay in September 2024, Micron projected to begin construction in November 2025. The company originally planned to start construction in June 2024.
McMahon said the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency and United States Department of Commerce requested extra time to complete the report, syracuse.com reported. He said OCIDA plans to accept the draft report and publish it on its website on June 25.
“Our teams at OCIDA and our consultants and commerce and all of our state agencies have worked very diligently over the last few weeks, putting in thousands of hours to strengthen that document into something that eventually could be deemed complete for public review,” McMahon said at the conference.
The company first announced its plans to build the largest U.S. semiconductor fabrication plant in the town of Clay, a 10-minute drive from Syracuse, in October 2022. Micron planned to invest over $100 billion over the next 2o years into the project.
The plant is expected to bring over 40,000 jobs to central New York and employ around 1,300 people with an average salary of $98,000.
Micron submitted the report to OCIDA and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office to conduct reviews of the project’s social and environmental impacts in March, syracuse.com reported.
The agencies must review the report and release it for public comment under state and federal law.
McMahon said the public comment period will last 45 days, as required by federal law, syracuse.com reported. A public hearing will likely be held on July 24, McMahon said.
