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Vote expected on hotly contested New Jersey pipeline project

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators are set to vote on whether a natural gas pipeline should run through the state's federally protected Pinelands region, which includes more than a million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. The Pinelands Commission is expected to make its final determination Friday morning. The proposal has touched off a classic jobs-versus-environment battle in the nation's most densely populated state. South Jersey Gas is proposing to run the pipeline mostly under or alongside existing roads to the B.L. England power plant in Upper Township. Supporters say it will increase energy reliability, while environmentalists fear damage to the pristine Pinelands region. The plan was narrowly defeated in 2014. But since then, Republican Gov. Chris Christie has replaced several Pinelands commissioners with supporters of the pipeline.