Unless an accord was reached over the weekend, the initial multi-district litigation (MDL) trial centering on the Macondo well explosion in April 2010 is scheduled to begin Monday in New Orleans. Sources said late last week the defendants were attempting to come to terms with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs.
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BLM Acts to Speed Up Drilling Permits
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last Monday announced fundamental new management strategies, centering on batch processing and area-wide rules, aimed at speeding up its processing of applications for permits to drill oil and gas. The announcement came after the interior secretary told Congress the department would be discarding policies installed by the Clinton administration to expand wilderness areas.
April 21, 2003
BLM Acts to Speed Up Drilling Permits
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Monday announced fundamental new management strategies, centering on batch processing and area-wide rules, aimed at speeding up its processing of applications for permits to drill oil and gas. The announcement came after the interior secretary told Congress last week the department would be discarding policies installed by the Clinton administration to expand wilderness areas.
April 15, 2003
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