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La. companies ask judge to end drilling moratorium
Posted: 06.21.2010 at 4:38 PM
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In this Monday, June, 7, 2010 photo, charter boat captain Dave Marino pilots his boat across Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana. Marino, like many other charter boat operators have seen a deep decline in business as fishing areas have been closed in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  / AP Photo
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Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill.

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