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News Items
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BSEE Approves First BP Drilling Permit to Meet Enhanced Regulation
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today approved a drilling permit, originally submitted by BP in January 2011, for a new well in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. This is BP’s first… more
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BSEE Director Delivers Keynote Address at International Association of Drilling Contractors Conference
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks today during the International Association of Drilling Contractors' Drilling and Production… more
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BSEE Issues Guidance for Workplace Safety Rule
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today issued a Notice to Lessees (NTL) that provides further guidance on the previously issued Safety and Environmental Management System (… more
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Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee to Hold Public Meeting
WASHINGTON — Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee (OESC) will hold its third public… more
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BSEE Issues Violations Following Investigation Into Deepwater Horizon
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement today issued the initial group of violations resulting from the findings of the Joint Investigation on the Deepwater Horizon explosion… more
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BSEE Director Delivers Remarks at the International Regulators Forum 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks today at the International Regulators Forum (IRF) 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference in… more
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Interior Department Reaffirms Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that the Department of the Interior has met a U.S. District Court of Alaska deadline to file the Record of Decision (ROD) regarding a 2008… more
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Secretary Salazar and Director Watson Respond to NAE-NRC Report on the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
On May 11, 2010, shortly after the blowout of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asked the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research… more
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Interior Department Completes Reorganization of the Former MMS
Washington - On Oct. 1, 2011, the Department of the Interior (DOI) will formally establish two new, independent bureaus – the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of… more
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Secretary Salazar Names Michael R. Bromwich and Tommy P. Beaudreau to Lead New DOI Bureaus
WASHINGTON- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named current Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich to lead the newly formed… more