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The Spectacle Blog
The House Resources Committee brings us some good news:
Federal Court Orders Obama Administration to Act on Stalled Deepwater Drilling Permits
Calls permitting delays “unreasonable, unacceptable and unjustified”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was once again struck down in Federal Court. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman granted a preliminary injunction requiring that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) act within 30 days on five pending permit applications from Ensco.
“The court has now clearly found that the Obama Administration’s refusal to act on permits is causing irreparable harm to companies, families and people of the Gulf,” said House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings. “The President’s de facto moratorium is destroying American jobs, hurting our economy and forcing businesses to move overseas. With gasoline prices rising, the Administration needs to resume American offshore energy production now. I hope the Administration heeds this ruling and acts swiftly to put people back to work.”
The ruling states:
“Perhaps it is reasonable for permit applicants to wait more than two weeks in a necessarily more closely regulated environment. Delays of four months and more in the permitting process, however, are unreasonable, unacceptable and unjustified by the evidence before the court…The plaintiff’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico are threatened with endless disability. It has already sent a rig to French Guiana; its contracts and skilled labor necessarily will follow…Beginning to process permit applications will restore normalcy to the Gulf region and repair the public’s faith in the administrative process.”
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Occam's Tool| 2.17.11 @ 6:05PM
This is why you want Republicans, not Dhimmicrats, appointing Judges. That is the most important domestic role of a President.
Boston12GS| 2.17.11 @ 9:30PM
Why would Obama obey this court ruling anymore than he does those on Obama care? Or to put it another way, how many public service union votes does that judge have in his pocket?
David W| 2.17.11 @ 9:52PM
Obama's administration has show no desire to follow judicial rulings that don't go his way. Is there any way for Congress to begin to impeach those administrators who violate judge's rulings (or can the judge throw the violator in jail for contempt)?
Nite| 2.17.11 @ 11:03PM
They Obama administration thinks court rulings apply to the rest of the citizens in this country, but not to him. Humm, the Judge may change his mind.
MacAoidh | 2.17.11 @ 11:57PM
This is, of course, the second time Feldman has scorched the administration on their Gulf drilling policies. The first time he had to issue a contempt ruling to get their attention and still couldn't make Salazar act.
A couple of pieces of background might be of use here.
First, a little color as to local reaction to the case:
http://thehayride.com/2011/02/.....n-30-days/
Next, another piece of this "permitorium" business - BOEMRE had said no permits could be issued in deep water until the industry came up with a system to contain a spill. On Monday, BOEMRE's head Michael Bromwich said they didn't have such a system. And today, the industry's consortium tasked with building one announced they'd done it.
http://thehayride.com/2011/02/.....h-say-now/
This is the most ruthless, lawless and destructive administration in American history. Their treatment of the energy industry proves it.
Mimi| 2.18.11 @ 8:47AM
I say we put a time -limit on this negligence! If they haven't lifted the ban...We the People must act!!! ....And with COURAGE to oust the Law-BREAKERS.. We are living in strange and dangerous times....So much is being done to HARM this NATION. We do not have a leader in our Whithouse....He DANCES and PRANCES thru the GREAT Halls....grinning with glee at what he has WROUGHT...while we suffer and sacrifice almost to the point of no return!! God help our strength to stop this..." STRAW-BOSS"