MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — The federal government's plan to auction the development rights to a huge offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean between New York and New Jersey will proceed Thursday.
Groups representing the fishing industry in four states sought to delay the auction. But an agreement between the groups and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will allow it to proceed.
A lawyer for the fishing groups says they still will be able to seek a halt to the final sale during a federal court proceeding now scheduled for Feb. 8, 2017.
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