Opinion: Trump’s latest regulatory rollback should horrify you
By S. Elizabeth Birnbaum May 7 at 3:31 PM S. Elizabeth Birnbaum was the director of the Minerals Management Service, the agency responsible for offshore oil and gas leasing, at the time of the Deepwater Horizon accident. She serves as senior counsel at Arabella Advisors.
This should horrify you. Just three years after adopting the regulations in response to public outcry and the recommendations of a presidential commission, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has concluded that its rules caused “unnecessary burdens” on the industry. The nation was transfixed for weeks as remotely operated equipment provided a webcam view of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. The public learned that the oil and gas industry might have the technology to drill for oil a mile below the surface of the ocean, but it did not have the capacity to shut off the flow of oil once drilling equipment was damaged. After numerous failed attempts, a temporary cap developed jointly by industry and government experts shut off the flow on July 15.
The Obama administration delayed the adoption of new regulations governing “blowout preventers” and other well-control practices and equipment for six years. During that period, the agencies in charge offered opportunities for industry input and public comment. New rules were finally published in April 2016.
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