Wind projects planned off the coast of Long Beach Island could be scrapped completely if the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management determines its prior approvals were flawed.

On Sept. 27, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened on behalf of Save LBI, a local grassroots organization whose July lawsuit challenges the legality of federal approval under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act. The action taken in U.S.