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Averill Road Parties Have Day in Court

Templeton Foundation To Proceed with Geotechnical Testing Contingent Upon DEC Compliance

By DARLA M. YOUNGS
WAMPSVILLE

Following 90 minutes of oral argument on Thursday, April 6, Madison County Supreme Court Justice Hon. Patrick J. O’Sullivan has determined that the Templeton Foundation can move forward with geotechnical testing on its property at Averill Road in Cooperstown, in order to understand the subsurface conditions of the potential development site. However, in order to do so, Templeton must first satisfy the conditions of a Notice of Violation issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation two days earlier.

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