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Bromwich hears shallow-water drillers' complaints in Louisiana

09/20/2010
By Nick Snow
Processing of applications is taking longer than previously, but no federal moratorium exists on shallow-water drilling, US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOE) Director Michael R. Bromwich told a group of shallow water drillers before BOE's final public forum on offshore drilling in Lafayette, La."I understand the frustration that people feel because we are not able to review and approve applications as expeditiously as we have in the past," Bromwich said during the Sept. 13 meeting, which Louisiana Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle also attended. "But the central fact is that it has taken time to submit and verify the additional required information. ...
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