Attorney General Becerra Condemns President Trump’s Rollback of Rule Preventing Offshore Oil Spills
The standard at issue, the Well Control regulation, prevents catastrophic oil spills by requiring a safety valve to automatically seal an oil well in the event of a blowout.
The regulation was enacted under the
"The memory of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy is still fresh in our minds, but the
"These well control protections were enacted for a reason, because we have already seen the catastrophic impacts of offshore drilling left unchecked. There is no excuse to put oil industry profits over the safety of American lives and our environment.
A copy of the rule is available here. (https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/aa39-final-rule.pdf)
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