Initially using 1,500 acres of the estate, the project was gradually extended to reach 8,000 acres.
The dispute began when Oka decided to use 55 acres of land claimed by the Indians to extend a golf course.
It is merely using 94 acres of the site that it bought for a new headquarters but does not need for the building.
Crop developers proposed to use 67,000 acres for such tests in 2004, up from 8,700 acres in 1994.
The immediate case involved a California church forbidden, as a flood control measure, to use 21 acres of riparian land for recreation.
They plan to use 450 acres for landfill over 40 years, with 210 acres as a buffer zone.
Ms. Carothers said the state would need no more than 10 ash-disposal sites, using about 250 acres.
An 18-hole course can use more than 200 acres.
The Bloomberg administration wants state permission to use 23 acres of parkland for an underground water filtration plant.
We're going to use 10 less acres and build one new stadium.