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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ¡½ ´Ä¶­¤Î groups and a ¾å±¡µÄ°÷ have ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ðd a ºÛȽ´±'s Ƚ·è¡¤ºÛÄê that they can't ²ðÆþ¤¹¤ë in the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë's $225 million ²ò·è¡¿Æþ¿¢ÃÏ with Exxon Mobil over ±øÀ÷¤¹¤ëd gas ±Ø¡¿ÇÛÃÖ¤¹¤ës and other ¾ì½ê¡¿°ÌÃÖs.

The New Jersey Sierra Club, Clean Water ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ®, ´Ä¶­ New Jersey, the Delaware Riverkeeper ÌÖ¾õÁÈ¿¥ and ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë Sen. Raymond Lesniak ¤È¤¸¹þ¤ß¡¿Äó½Ð¤¹¤ëd their ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ðs last week.

Superior Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê ºÛȽ´± Michael Hogan said Oct. 9 that he ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd their request because they didn't have standing to bring the ÁʾÙ. It's the second time Hogan has ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd their ò´ê¡Ê½ñ¡Ë in a »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô that stretches »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to 2004.

Hogan ǧ²Ä¤¹¤ëd the ²ò·è¡¿Æþ¿¢ÃÏ in August after a 66-day ºÛȽ¡¤¸øȽ and a 60-day public comment period, Àâ it was a reasonable ÂŶ¨ considering the ÁêÅö¤Ê ¹çˡŪ¤Ê ´í¸±s the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë ľÌ̤¹¤ëd.

The ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë ½é¤á¤Ï had argued Exxon should »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â $8.9 billion for ±øÀ÷ at about 1,700 ¾®Çä ¥¬¥½¥ê¥ó ±Ø¡¿ÇÛÃÖ¤¹¤ës, two oil ÀºÌý½ês in northern New Jersey and more than a dozen other ¾ì½ê¡¿°ÌÃÖs across the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë. But ¤ÎľÁ°¤Ë Hogan »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ëd, the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë and the company ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd a ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê that would result in the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë recouping $225 million.

Gov. Chris Christie's ¹ÔÀ¯ said Äɵ᤹¤ëing the nearly $9 billion could have resulted in Èó¾ï¤ËŤ¤ ¡½ and ¹â¤¯¤Ä¤¯¡¿µ¾À·¤ÎÂ礭¤¤ ¡½ litigation.

It's not ¡Êµ¿¤¤¤ò¡ËÀ²¤é¤¹ Àµ³Î¤Ë¡¿¤Þ¤µ¤Ë how much the ´Ä¶­¤Î groups ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë to ²óÉü¤¹¤ë, but they sought ÂçÉý¤Ë more tha n $225 million. The groups also ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to ·³Ââ ¹­ÈϰϤˤ錄¤ë cleanup À®²Ì¡¿ÅØÎÏs at the ±Æ¶Á¤¹¤ë¡¿´¶¾ðd ¾ì½ê¡¿°ÌÃÖs.

The ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë Department of ´Ä¶­¤Î Êݸî and Hogan have said Exxon will be Í׵᤹¤ëd to remediate the ¾ì½ê¡¿°ÌÃÖs. ´Ä¶­¤Î groups worry those À®²Ì¡¿ÅØÎÏs will be too ¶Ë¾®¤Î.

The cleanup cost has not been ·èÄꤹ¤ëd yet, but the Irving, Texas-based company has already paid nearly $260 million on remediation since 1991.

The ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë ¡Ä¤ËÈ¿ÂФ¹¤ëd the ´Ä¶­Êݸî¼çµÁ¼Ôs' ²ðÆþ, Àâ nothing has changed this time around.

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