Majority
—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The issuance of a positive declaration requiring petitioner to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement with regard to its application for site plan approval “is ‘ “a preliminary step in the decision-making process” and, [as such, is] not ripe for judicial review’ until the decision-making process is completed” (Matter of Sour Mtn. Realty v New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 260 AD2d 920 , 921, lv denied 93 NY2d 815 ; see, Matter of PVS Chems. v New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 256 AD2d 1241 ; Matter of Rochester Tel. Mobile Communications v Ober, 251 AD2d 1053 , 1054). (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Burns, J. — CPLR art 78.) Present — Green, J. P., Wisner, Hurlbutt, Scudder and Kehoe, JJ.
Cases cited
- Sour Mountain Realty, Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 260 AD2d 920 at 921 p. 1051
- Rochester Telephone Mobile Communications v. Ober 251 AD2d 1053 at 1054 p. 1051