It may already be a done deal, but New Jersey officials have joined citizens in opposing a federal plan for seismic tests in support of expanded oil and gas drilling off the East Coast.
At the first of two hearings at the Sheraton Airport Hilton, the federal Minerals Management Service heard almost no one speak in support of the plan, which critics said would threaten fisheries and beaches without producing much energy.
The Interior Department agency is holding hearings in coastal cities in the wake of last month's announcement by President Barack Obama, who opened waters along much of the East Coast, northern Alaska and eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling.
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