While the federal government filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit initiated earlier this year by an LBI grassroots organization for what it calls a failure to comply with national environmental laws during the selection process for offshore turbine placement, wind energy trade groups intend to seek permission to join the suit.

Bob Stern, president of Save Long Beach Island Inc., said the nonprofit plans to oppose the effort of the trade groups filing an amicus curiae (literally, friend of the court) brief.

“They are represented by Perkins Coie, one of the largest law firms in the country,” Stern said.