Posted on 07/07/2010 12:34:55 PM PDT by Qbert
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has asked a federal court in Louisiana to reinstate the ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the moratorium was a rational response to the unprecedented emergency of the BP oil spill.
In a court filing late Tuesday, the Interior Department said that the six-month ban on drilling in more than 500 feet of water, imposed in late May, was necessary to allow time to adopt stricter safety and environmental regulation of deepwater wells.
The action has put hundreds of people who operate and service deepwater wells out of work and brought long-term uncertainty to the Gulf Coast economy. Politicians all along the coast have called the moratorium a case of federal overkill that threatens the livelihood of the region.
The moratorium was challenged in court by Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana firm that provides goods and services to offshore drilling and pumping platforms. Judge Martin L. C. Feldman of the United States District Court in New Orleans agreed with the company and on June 22 issued an order blocking implementation of the moratorium. He said the Obama administration had failed to justify the need for “a blanket, generic, indeed punitive, moratorium” on deepwater oil and gas drilling.
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Pound sand, jackass.
The list, ping
he already appealed and it was shot down
guess he thinks he’s a dictator
He wants this to be a DISASTER and as a permanent reminder to NEVER, EVER drill offshore.
Obama wants us dependent on our enemies.
What does Air Force One run on, Mr. President? Sand?
Good Lord, this fellow is pretty thick.
He is going the kill the gulf states economies.
OK, my question is...
He wanted a 6 month ban passed on off shore drilling while they can figure out what they should or shouldn’t do. Now that a month has passed since that judge cancelled his ban, will he want it to be only a 5 month ban, or will it be a 6 month ban no matter what?
FUBO!
The judge who made the decision is in England right now for the next two weeks. If he gets Stanwood Duval, he may have a shot at overturning it.
Denied!
This is mind boggling.
well croppie....he just keeps comming back like killer rabbit.
Close down all drilling, close down the coal mines, don’t build Nuclear plants. This guy is going to close down our country, given half the chance.
ya just what lockbox is the BP stash in????
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