Northeast Pipeline Project Allowed to Disrupt Marine Wildlife

National fishing authorities granted a fossil energy company’s request for permission to disturb marine wildlife in Raritan Bay as part of an ongoing construction pipeline project.

The approval, issued Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, allows the Williams Company to disturb 15 varieties of whales, seals, porpoises and dolphins, as it builds a 24-mile pipeline on the floor of the bay.