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Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training

By Associated Press
Published March 8, 2013 5:00am ET
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Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training
Demonstrators hold signs stating their position against US Navy training exercises off the California Coast, during a California Costal Commission meeting Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) | Lenny Ignelzi

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.

Commissioners meeting in San Diego ruled unanimously that the Navy lacked enough information to back up its argument that the threat to marine mammals would be negligible.

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