Hundreds of Baltimore County residents along with federal, state and local officials Monday urged a U.S. energy commission to deny plans for a liquefied natural gas plant atSparrows Point, blasting the approval process as prejudicial to energy firms.

Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ? which ultimately will decide the fate of the a proposed $400 million LNG facility and 88-mile pipeline through Harford County ? heard testimony from scores of concerned residents and lawmakers.