New York State has some of the most stringent drilling regulations in the nation, and other states are following suit.
Although the U.S. is requiring Shell to abide by stringent safeguards — drilling only in shallow water and only in ice-free months, requiring the presence of a second oil rig to drill a relief well in case of a blowout — the administration's decision nonetheless opens the door to drilling in U.S. Arctic waters.
And we urge him to refrain from issuing any new permits until the most stringent, comprehensive drilling rules have been put into place and a hard-charging enforcement team has been positioned to prevent slipshod drilling practices from poisoning New York's air, water and land.
In the aftermath of that massacre and the many other school shootings that have followed, schools nationwide have implemented more stringent safety protocols: lockdown drills, active shooter exercises, bulletproof glass and security checkpoints.
He said on Tuesday that he had accomplished much of what he set out to do, writing stringent new standards for drilling safety and environmental protection, moving revenue collection to another part of Interior, improving training of inspectors and imposing new conflict of interest rules.
There could also be delays on opening up new areas of the central and western Gulf of Mexico to drilling as more stringent safety measures are put in place.
As a decision looms by Colorado voters on more stringent siting requirements for oil and gas drilling, an energy company has applied to drill up to 31 wells near the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant.
"Due to the lack of infrastructure in the Arctic region, drilling requirements are more stringent up there," Greg Julian, the press secretary for BSEE, told VICE News.
Using this method, the minimum score for competence would be 14 per drill, which is slightly more stringent but confirms the results obtained from the modified Angoff approach.
The Obama administration's scientific panel, originally charged with peer review of a moratorium that would pause the riskier drilling operations, had proposed far less stringent requirements than what emerged, i.e. they proposed a moratorium on new drilling at a thousand feet or greater.
State officials counter that their proposed drilling rules will impose a stringent waste tracking system.
