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Friday, May 7, 2010

Talks On Drilling Off Coast Of Virginia Suspended


The Interior Department is canceling indefinitely hearings on the proposed sale of gas and oil leases off the coast of Virginia.

The postponement is contained in a notice of the Federal Register, and environmentalists said it signals a suspension of the lease sale off of Virginia.

Governor Bob McDonnell's energy secretary, Maureen Matsen, contends the government is taking a "prudent" step in suspended the hearings while it deals with the Gulf oil spill.

The hearings were to be held in Norfolk, North Carolina and Maryland.