This would not replace the legal rights of these stakeholders to legal due process nor would it deny them access to the court system. These parties would still be free to defend their rights under the legal systems of the United States and the State of New York. It should be pointed out that these world class legal systems do not prohibit problem solving as a pre-litigation activity. SEQR environmental review findings on those plans. Whenever county and municipal governments join together with neighboring jurisdictions to conduct coordinated planning for resources such as a highway corridor or a watershed, it should automatically trigger special benefits.
Society needs the aggregates industry.
It also needs broad-based economic development that involves a diversity of stakeholders. The County has for many years invited all stakeholders, including gravel mining companies, to participate in its planning activities and studies for the Route 16 corridor, and many have responded. The nature and degree of the industry s participation in the future, however, will continue to depend on each individual mining company. The opportunities to participate are genuine, and ongoing. It is recommended that Cattaraugus County continue its efforts to bring stakeholders together, and to educate everyone in the long-term process of making aggregates mining a part of the comprehensive planning process.