Offshore oil exploration with seismic testing halted off Georgia coast
Seismic testing appears to be dead in the water for now as companies involved in litigation about the controversial oil and gas exploration method said they won’t pursue it this year off the Atlantic coast, including off Georgia.
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, One Hundred Miles and other nonprofit groups sued NOAA Fisheries over its issuance of incidental harassment authorizations, which are needed for seismic testing permits.
The authorizations are “basically permission for any company or an individual to harm or kill endangered species in the South Atlantic off the Georgia coast,” explained Alice Miller Keyes of One Hundred Miles.
Environmental groups like hers said the authorizations were too lenient and have demanded to see how NOAA Fisheries arrived at its conclusions.
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