All Posts Tagged With: "Minerals Management Services"
In Wake of Gulf Spill, Obama Administration Seeks to Divide Minerals Management Service Agency
Persistent problems have plagued the agency, which has come under fire for ethical lapses and most recently for accelerating permit approvals and incorporating industry practices in the regulations. Salazar’s new move is the latest in his campaign to reform the MMS since he became Secretary of the Interior.
12May2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedInterior Terminating Royalty-in-Kind Program
Interior Secretary Salazar said at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing today that the scandal-ridden Royalty-in-Kind program, which allows industry to provide oil and natural gas directly to the Interior Department in lieu of cash royalty payments, will be terminated.
16Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued