{
  "version": "2026.07.29",
  "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
  "title": "Merged regional infrastructure data snapshot",
  "position": "Pro technology through responsible design, transparent data and good engineering.",
  "status": [
    {
      "id": "lysander-data-center",
      "label": "Town of Lysander data center planning",
      "state": "local_moratorium_and_advisory_review",
      "evidence": "verified_and_reported",
      "summary": "A six-month local moratorium is in effect. Town materials posted through July 23 include advisory committee agendas, revised community-benefit suggestions, a water presentation, Executive Order 62 materials and a consultant RFP. A project-specific environmental application was not located in the reviewed record.",
      "source": "https://lysanderny.gov/"
    },
    {
      "id": "new-york-executive-order-62",
      "label": "New York Executive Order 62",
      "state": "active",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "summary": "Incomplete discretionary DEC permits for qualifying data centers are held while a statewide Generic Environmental Impact Statement is developed. Local permits are not paused by the order.",
      "source": "https://www.governor.ny.gov/executive-order/no-62-establishing-temporary-moratorium-data-centers-new-york-while-state-develops"
    },
    {
      "id": "micron-clay",
      "label": "Micron semiconductor campus",
      "state": "vertical_construction",
      "evidence": "verified_and_company_reported",
      "summary": "The Final EIS is accepted, major environmental permits are issued and first concrete was poured on July 9, 2026.",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/facilities-in-your-neighborhood/micron"
    },
    {
      "id": "oak-orchard",
      "label": "Oak Orchard wastewater treatment plant",
      "state": "spdes_issued_connected_actions_mixed",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "summary": "The final SPDES permit authorizes phased treatment and reuse up to 30.8 MGD. PFOA and PFOS have 10 ng/L action levels with confirmatory sampling and minimization requirements; other listed PFAS are monitored.",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/oakorchardspdespermit.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "cny-forward",
      "label": "CNY Forward transportation EIS",
      "state": "scoping_comment_open",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "summary": "Scoping meetings are scheduled for July 30 and August 6, 2026. Comments are due August 14, 2026.",
      "source": "https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-launch-central-new-york-forward-project-address-future"
    }
  ],
  "infrastructure_watchlist": [
    {
      "id": "cny-forward",
      "label": "CNY Forward transportation EIS",
      "system": "transport",
      "status": "comment_open",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "Route 31, Route 11, I-81 and Route 481",
      "source": "https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-launch-central-new-york-forward-project-address-future"
    },
    {
      "id": "i81-contract-6",
      "label": "I-81 Contract 6",
      "system": "transport",
      "status": "awarded",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "$2.1 billion, 25 local streets and water and sewer replacement",
      "source": "https://www.dot.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2026/2026-07-031"
    },
    {
      "id": "micron-345kv-laterals",
      "label": "Micron 345 kV underground service laterals",
      "system": "grid",
      "status": "article_vii_review",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "Four laterals, 0.95 to 2.07 miles, plus Clay Substation expansion",
      "source": "https://dps.ny.gov/event/national-grid-public-statement-hearing-regarding-national-grids-plan-345-kv-underground"
    },
    {
      "id": "black-river-clay",
      "label": "Black River to Clay transmission rebuild",
      "system": "grid",
      "status": "article_vii_review",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "60.9 miles at 115 kV",
      "source": "https://dps.ny.gov/event/black-river-clay-rebuild-project-article-vii-public-statement-hearing"
    },
    {
      "id": "large-load-interconnection-rules",
      "label": "New York large-load interconnection and cost-allocation proceeding",
      "system": "grid",
      "status": "active_proceeding",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "11.9 GW future large-load queue as of February 2026",
      "source": "https://dps.ny.gov/event/response-comments-due-proceeding-motion-commission-address-interconnection-reforms-large"
    },
    {
      "id": "ocwa-raw-water",
      "label": "OCWA Lake Ontario raw-water pump upgrades",
      "system": "water",
      "status": "permit_issued",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "62.5 to 93.5 MGD permitted withdrawal capacity",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/news/environmental-notice-bulletin/2025-07-30/completed-application/town-of-oswego-ocwa-raw-water-pump-station"
    },
    {
      "id": "white-pine-water-mains",
      "label": "OCWA White Pine parallel water mains",
      "system": "water",
      "status": "application_complete",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "Two parallel 42-inch mains to White Pine Commerce Park",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/news/environmental-notice-bulletin/2025-12-10/completed-application/town-of-clay-water-services-to-white-pines-commerce-park"
    },
    {
      "id": "white-pine-force-mains",
      "label": "White Pine pump station and force mains",
      "system": "wastewater",
      "status": "construction",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "20,400 feet, peak 5.5 MGD",
      "source": "https://onondaga.gov/wep/capital-improvements/project_highlights/2025-whitepine/"
    },
    {
      "id": "oak-orchard-expansion",
      "label": "Oak Orchard treatment and reuse expansion",
      "system": "wastewater",
      "status": "mixed",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "10 to 30.8 MGD phased design flow",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/facilities-in-your-neighborhood/micron"
    },
    {
      "id": "gas-and-fiber",
      "label": "Micron and White Pine gas and fiber corridors",
      "system": "grid",
      "status": "gas_permit_issued",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "16,160-foot gas main plus Route 31 fiber routing",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/news/environmental-notice-bulletin/2025-12-10/completed-application/town-of-clay-micron/white-pine-16-inch-gas-main-extension"
    },
    {
      "id": "micron-rail-conveyor",
      "label": "Micron rail spur and aggregate conveyor",
      "system": "transport",
      "status": "project_buildout",
      "evidence": "applicant_reported_in_final_eis",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "9 million cubic yards aggregate and applicant estimate of 7,300 avoided truck trips per month",
      "source": "https://www.nist.gov/chips/implementation-strategies/national-environmental-policy-act-nepa-and-chips-act"
    },
    {
      "id": "white-pine-science-tech-park",
      "label": "White Pine Science & Technology Park",
      "system": "development",
      "status": "final_scope",
      "evidence": "verified",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "104-acre business park, Draft GEIS next",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/news/environmental-notice-bulletin/2026-06-17/seqr/town-of-clay-proposed-development-of-the-white-pine-science-technology-park"
    },
    {
      "id": "cayuga-lake-hawkeye-benchmark",
      "label": "Cayuga Operating site and Lake Hawkeye regional benchmark",
      "system": "development",
      "status": "current_permits_issued_future_site_plan_review",
      "evidence": "verified_and_company_reported",
      "verified_on": "2026-07-29",
      "metric": "Current water permits about 245 to 1 MGD; company pipeline 400 gross and 320 critical IT MW",
      "source": "https://dec.ny.gov/regulatory/permits-licenses/environmental-permits/regional-environmental-permits-information/region-7"
    }
  ]
}