Earlier this week, Save Long Beach Island Inc., known locally as the LBI Coalition for Wind Without Impact, made good on its intention to sue an arm of the federal government for what it says is the agency’s failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and the U.S. Endangered Species Act during its selection process for turbine placement.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which falls under the Department of the Interior, is the defendant, according to a…