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US Government had exempted BP from Environmental Report
US Government had exempted BP from Environmental Report
Date: 5/8/2010 6:19:59 PM ( 14 y ) ... viewed 1692 times
May 8, 2010
Reported on Common Dreams
from Democracy Now
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/05/07-0
Published on Friday, May 7, 2010 by Democracy Now!
Government Exempted BP from Environmental Review
Newly-released documents show government regulators exempted BP from a comprehensive environmental review of the project that resulted in the spill. The Minerals Management Service granted BP a "categorical exclusion" from a full review before approving the project just over a year ago. We speak with Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity.
WASHINGTON POST BROKE THE STORY
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR20100504041...
Agency a 'rubber stamp'
"The agency's oversight role has devolved to little more than rubber-stamping British Petroleum's self-serving drilling plans," Suckling said.
BP has lobbied the White House Council on Environmental Quality -- which provides NEPA guidance for all federal agencies-- to provide categorical exemptions more often. In an April 9 letter, BP America's senior federal affairs director, Margaret D. Laney, wrote to the council that such exemptions should be used in situations where environmental damage is likely to be "minimal or non-existent." An expansion in these waivers would help "avoid unnecessary paperwork and time delays," she added.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were talking Tuesday about curtailing offshore oil exploration rather than making it easier. In addition to traditional foes of offshore drilling such as Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez (N.J.) and Bill Nelson (Fla.), Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and centrists such as Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) said they are taking a second look at such methods.
"It's time to push the pause button," Baucus told reporters.
Staff writer Steven Mufson contributed to this report.
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