(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intends to withdraw federal approval for US Wind’s offshore wind farm off the coast of Maryland, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on Friday.

In the filing, attorneys from the Department of Justice asked the court to stay a lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project. They said the agency would move to vacate approval of the facility’s construction and operations plan by September 12.

An Interior Department spokesperson had no comment.

US Wind could not immediately be reached for comment.

US Wind is owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, an American investment firm, and Renexia SpA, a subsidiary of Italy’s Toto Holding SpA. The project is

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