Cape May County Sues Multiple Federal Agencies Over Orsted

Cape May County has filed suit against multiple Federal agencies and the leadership of those agencies, alleging that Federal regulators have abandoned their obligations to protect the environment and Atlantic-coastal marine life in favor of an inappropriate collusion with Big Wind interests. The suit alleges, among other things, that Federal regulatory agencies ignored the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and a host of other Federal laws and regulations in reaching decisions to rush approval of permits for Orsted’s Ocean Wind One project off the shores of Cape May County.