Chairman Feinstein Blasts Shoddy Oversight of Offshore Drilling at Minerals Management Service

by Gary Kopycinski on May 25, 2010

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. In response to a new Interior Department Inspector General report about the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Feinstein today blasted the agency’s shoddy oversight of offshore drilling and criticized reports of overly cozy relationships revealed between MMS regulators and oil industry officials.