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Jul 12, 2010 by News Gatherer
WASHINGTON – Obama's government on Monday issued a moratorium on new prohibitions deepwater offshore drilling is no more water depth to operate in new and focuses on security issues, hoping that ban review the collection points with the judges, after the first was rejected.
"More than 80 days in the BP oil spill, a pause for deep water drilling is necessary and appropriate to protect the community, coasts and wildlife that the risks of drilling in deep waters are today" The Secretary Interior Ken Salazar, said announcing the new moratorium. "base my decision on evidence that is increasingly all sectors of disability days in the deep waters to contain a catastrophic explosion in an oil spill response and to operate safely. ".
The Interior Ministry said that since the original ban, this applies to drilling operations in deeper waters. But the department said the suspension of the moratorium on new "are the product of a new decision of the secretary and a new proof of safety issues, poor containment in the sector, and capacity of response goal production of the BP oil spill.. "
And unlike the previous moratorium, which was used to deeper waters to 500 meters and the new facility applies to any floating palettes in deep water with an outbreak. The moratorium also establishes a new process to collect and analyze information on new security issues and intervention, which could identify certain conditions to resume drilling in deep water.
The document states that on the launch of the PA, there were 36 floats that have been affected by the new ban. In a Q & A document, the Interior Ministry said that all points of view represents a snapshot in time. It is unclear if the new moratorium would be more or less restrictive than the original.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, said in testimony before the presidential commission that the oil spill was "alarmed" the statement by the Interior Ministry decision stated that "a large-scale information and indicating that the new permits for new drilling in deep water to launch a serious threat, imminent and irreparable harm or prejudice to the rights marine and coastal environment. "Landrieu said that" assertion is contradicted by expert testimony and ignores the historical drilling oil and gas in the Gulf. ".
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