Florida congressional delegation opposes rolling back oil drilling regulations
The letter was released by delegation co-chairmen
In a letter to Interior Secretary
A division of the
Proposals to weaken safety requirements reportedly under consideration include:
Reversing a rule that called for more frequent testing of blowout preventers -- the same device that failed in the Deepwater Horizon spill, which is intended to serve as a fail-safe against explosions in undersea oil and gas wells.
No longer requiring independent auditors to certify that safety and pollution prevention equipment works under extreme conditions. This would remove any federal requirement and instead allow industry to adopt their own set of standards, the guideline industry utilized prior to the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Scrapping the requirement that an investigation into equipment failure be completed within 120 days. This would enable oil companies to delay indefinitely with no required date of completion.
Removing the federal government's authority to regulate maximum or minimum drilling pressures at new sites. This important provision maintains a safe pressure for drilling that prevents surges and potential blowouts similar to what occurred in the Deepwater Horizon spill.
The
The letter was also signed by Reps.
Last week, Buchanan opposed an
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