As a result of this Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, beginning April 20, the date of the explosion, no applications for drilling permits will go forward for any new offshore drilling activity until the Department of Interior completes the safety review process that President Obama requested.
Salazar outlines the suspension of new offshore drilling permits after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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We can do as much as we can to minimize the risk, and we certainly have done that, I believe, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Our proposed rule will actually address the monitoring of what happens with flowback water so it is not contaminating our streams.
Not cuts that I would like to see, frankly, but given the tough budget times, these are things that we've had to do.
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