Restraining order stops NYCO test mining

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KIM SMITH DEDAM

Court motions here have stopped NYCO Minerals from starting test mining on Lot 8 in Lewis on Thursday.

Supreme Court Justice Thomas Buchanan issued a temporary restraining order Monday, pending review of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups charging that permits for mineral exploration on state land were granted without due environmental review process.

The Article 78 lawsuit was filed Monday morning in Essex County Supreme Court, challenging policies adopted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack Park Agency and NYCO Minerals.

Exploration, tree cutting and core sampling was set to begin July 17 on an eastern slice of a 200-acre parcel of Jay Mountain Wilderness.

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