The proposed rule prescribes stricter requirements than the approach on which it is based (API Recommended Practice 75, Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities, or SEMP), and may generate significant difficulties for operators and contractors to abide by the rule.
ExxonMobil Production’s September 14 2009 public comment letter to the Mineral Management Service and the Department of the Interior. From the New York Times, “BP, Other oil Companies, Opposed Efforts to Stiffen Environmental, Safety Rules for Offshore Drilling”.
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