MMS suspends permits for Gulf drilling regardless of water depth

WaPo ^ | 5/3/2010 | Steven Mufson

[SonOfDarkSkies]

The Minerals Management Service has stopped issuing permits for new oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico regardless of water depth, effectively extending President Obama's previously announced suspension of permits for deepwater drilling into the shallow waters.

[Freee-dame]

The Macondo #1 well didn’t exist before Obama took office. It was his MMS that issued the drilling permit. It was his MMS that waived several of the stringent regulatory requirement on petition by BP (who contributed grandly to the Obama campaign).

One of those requirements was that BP submit specific emergency resonse plans.

Wow! ...but will the DBM or even Foxnews ever mention this?

[sthguard]

This may be the original source: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=5298598971&content_dir=politicsol

[pillut48]

/Tin foil hat ON: This whole BP thing was NOT an "accident"--it was done intentionally and got out of control! Just so HolyO could push Cap and Tax and cancel ALL drilling on American soil (dry land or offshore)!!!!

He should be charged with the murder of the 11 people who died when the rig went down!! >:-(

/Tin foil hat STILL on

[Dayman]

Who is the MMS to regulate the activities of foreign companies in international waters?Where is the limit of their jurisdiction?

[piroque]

check your mail,,,,p/m

[M Kehoe]

Well, 0bama did say he wants $5 a gallon gas.

5.56mm

[unkus]

The One overreacts, yet again.
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It’s on purpose.

[unkus]

LOL

[grumpygresh]

Well at least zero has hired all those census workers and other great government jobs. Who needs jobs like engineers, geologists, oil workers, helicopter pilots anyway?