Lawsuit claims Micron's $100 billion New York chip fab could discharge "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River

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A hot potato: Micron's $100 billion semiconductor megafab in New York is facing another legal challenge. This time, opponents aren't attempting to overturn the entire project approval; they want two recently issued permits annulled, claiming that they could allow PFAS "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River without enforceable limits.

The Article 78 petition was filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 31 by Neighbors for a Better Micron and Jobs to Move America. It names New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, Onondaga County, and Micron as respondents.

The dispute centers on a Title V air permit issued on March 31 for the first two fabs and an April 10 wastewater permit covering the Oak Orchard Wastewater Treatment Plant. The latter is being expanded at a cost of more than $1 billion to process Micron's industrial wastewater, with its permitted average discharge rising from 10 million to 30.8 million gallons per day.