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elevation is at its southeast corner and gently slopes to its northwest corner. A subtle ridgeline
runs diagonally across this Project Site adjacent to the Hamlet of Alabama.
STAMP’s preferred alternative master plan (the “Preferred Alternative”) will be a full build-out
of STAMP establishing a high technology campus at the Project Site accommodating over 6
million square feet of advanced technology manufacturing and related uses providing direct
employment to over 9,000 people. Phase 1 of the Preferred Alternative plans to attract an
anchor tenant technology manufacturing facility potentially comprised of approximately 1
million square feet. Once secured, the anchor facility will attract a variety of technology
manufacturing support uses and supporting commercial enterprises. Figure 1-3 and Table 4-1
of the FGEIS sets forth the land use and density at full build-out as well as a conceptual site plan
showing configuration of the buildings, roadways and infrastructures at the Project Site as
would be built out under the Preferred Alternative.
STAMP will require additional water, sewer, gas and telecommunications infrastructure to
support the advanced manufacturing facilities being developed. Extensions to the water
system will augment those lines being contemplated by the Town of Alabama’s ongoing water
study. STAMP will also provide an additional opportunity to expand the reach of broadband to
be shared between the Project and residential service. Roads needed to access and connect
the development parcels will be built over time as needed.
In terms of maintaining the visual character of the community, the Project is planned to visually
integrate itself into the existing rural, agrarian setting as outlined in the Visual Impact
Assessment in the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“DGEIS”). Larger technology
manufacturing structures are located on the lower western portion of the Project Site, while
the small-scale supporting structures are located on the eastern portion of the Project Site to
provide a scaled transition to neighboring farmland. The eastern portion of the Project Site will
also be scaled to mirror the aesthetics of the Hamlet of Alabama. Both the undeveloped buffer
zones to be located around the Project Site’s perimeter and the campus-like setting of the
Preferred Alternative shall ensure that over 640 acres of open spaces and environmentally
sensitive locations are maintained. A 400-foot perimeter will be maintained around the
perimeter of the Project Site, expanded to an average of 1,600 feet along the western boundary
adjoining the Tonawanda Seneca Nation property. Lastly, a minimum 500-foot buffer will be
maintained along the Project Site’s boundary adjoining the John White Wildlife Management
Area (“WMA”).
The Preferred Alternative also represents an evolution of conceptual planning that has resulted
in a significant minimization and/or avoidance of potential impacts to existing surface waters
and wetlands. This is demonstrated when the original master plan set forth in the initial
feasibility study master plan is compared with the Preferred Alternative in the DGEIS, and then
ultimately compared to the Preferred Alternative Plan in the FGEIS. For example, revisions to
the Preferred Alternative have resulted in a reduction of potential wetland impacts from
approximately 69 acres to 9.54 acres. This reduction of wetlands impacts was accomplished by
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