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U.S. proposes opening Atlantic in five-year oil, gas drilling plan


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday said it was contemplating allowing oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic Coast and would seek public comment on whether such a move was too environmentally sensitive.

    The plan outlined by the Interior Department beatgins a bureaucratic process that could take years before a site off the coast of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia is cleared for drilling, officials said.

    The plan contemplates expanded drilling between 2017 and 2022.

    (Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Patrick Rucker; Editing by James Dalgleish)