Reply #4: MMS approves BP plan to drill 3 more exploratory wells in Gulf post explosion

[Gonzo Gardener]

Drilling to commence on May 15, 2010.

"Obama administration moves to break up the agency tasked with both collecting royalties and policing" http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0511/Obama-to-sever-ties-between-drilling-cops-and-Big-Oil

Follow page 2 link "sex and "pot parties"" to 2008 Washington Post article titled "Report Says Oil Agency Ran Amok-
Interior Dept. Inquiry Finds Sex, Corruption"... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091001829.html

Follow page 2 link "review exemptions" to view a list of approved drilling sites including, despite the Obama administration's call for a drilling halt, several off the Gulf Coast. It's important to note that these proposed drilling site plans were reviewed and approved by the MMS after the Deep Water Horizon explosion and include approval of three new exploratory wells to be drilled by BP on May 15, 2010... http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/pdfs/MMS_Approved_Drilling_2010-05-07_v2.pdf

Scroll down the list to the line listing the first BP approval and follow the link "detail" to the MMS website... http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/Plans_Permits/plans/planentry.asp?Num=9510&Code=N

Where you can find a link to this pdf detailing BP's approved plan to begin drilling a series of three new exploratory wells tomorrow... http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/PLANS/30/30936.pdf