Saying Long Beach Township will be the most impacted community if the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm is built as planned, Mayor Joseph Mancini requested additional time to review and comment on the draft environmental impact statement issued last month.

“In order for us to properly respond to the DEIS in a meaningful capacity, we must be provided a reasonable amount of time to prepare our comments,” he wrote in a May 23 letter to Karen Baker, chief Office of Renewable Energy…