NJ.com: Federal pollution fines worth $1.5M to fund N.J. shore projects

Students walk around looking to pick up trash on the beach in Sandy Hook in March 2004.
The federal government is handing out more than $1.5 million from pollution fines assessed against shipping companies that will fund 19 ocean or shoreline projects in New Jersey. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Coast Guard announced the funding today, saying it came from fines against a trio of shipping companies that pleaded guilty to violating a federal law against intentionally discharging oil, sludge or bilge water into the ocean.




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