FLORIDA — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has approved all permits required for the construction of a new Beech-Nut baby food factory planned for the Florida Business Park in Montgomery County.

State DEC spokesman Rick Georgeson said the project met permit approval for water supply, air emissions, stormwater runoff and reduction of impact on wetlands and habitat.

Permit approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still pending, Montgomery County Economic Development Director Ken Rose said.

Town Planning Board Chairman Hal Hermance said the board, which meets today, will consider a form of approval “with conditions” in the absence of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval.

The Hero Group’s Beech-Nut site plan and subdivision requests will be the subject of the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the old Town Barn, Rose said.

State approval for the $124.8 million proposal by the Hero Group/ Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. requires some commitment on the part of the company and the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency, Georgeson said.

A habitat mitigation plan developed for the site will require 48 acres be maintained as grassland to protect some threatened or endangered bird species. Wetlands that are disturbed through the construction will also have to be replaced.

The Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing the project for a permit under the federal Clean Water Act because of 1.19 acres of wetlands that will be disturbed.

Rose said as part of negotiations for the federal permit, Beech-Nut agreed to forward $80,000 to the Montgomery County Soil and Water Conservation District for projects elsewhere.

The company plans to build a 600,000-square-foot facility and move out of its plants in Canajoharie and Fort Plain, keeping about 356 jobs in Montgomery County and eventually adding another 135 positions, officials have said.

Labor organizations have criticized government incentives for the company in the absence of assurances that the company would use local workers for construction.

The Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency is offering the Hero Group an agreement in lieu of tax payments that would relieve the company of property taxes until the 14th year of the agreement.

Other incentives include about $15.5 million from the Empire State Development Corporation and $10 million in other state incentives, officials have said. Including the tax agreement, incentives total $106.5 million, according to a breakdown from the county’s Economic Development Office.