Wind Development Federal Lawsuit

In Cape May a group of plaintiffs that includes the Cape May County Board of Commissioners and the county Chamber of Commerce has sued the federal government over claims it failed to factor in impacts to the county’s $7.4 billion tourism industry when it granted approvals for offshore wind development.According to the Press of Atlantic City the suit names the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Department of the Interior and the National Marine Fisheries Service, a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.