STRATEGY 2.1.1: Environmental Compliance & Safety

Ensure environmental compliance and the safety of energy development.

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The Department is committed to developing energy resources in a responsible manner. Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill, the Department has undertaken extensive reforms to its energy programs to improve safety and environmental protection. The reforms include establishing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement to replace the Minerals Management Service; transferring revenue management programs to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue under the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget; planning to restructure ocean energy management programs into new entities that will continue the Department's focus on energy management and safety and environmental enforcement; expanding inspections; and issuing new regulations, standards, and guidance to ensure safety and environmentally sound operations on the OCS. Work continues to implement the reform agenda including recommendations made in the 30-day report to the President, Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, May 27, 2010, and the report of the Safety Oversight Board, U.S. Department of the Interior Outer Continental Shelf Safety Oversight Board Report to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The Department is also similarly concerned about the responsible management of our coal, oil, and gas resources onshore. These responsibilities ensure compliance with energy and environmental legislation through the performance or oversight of leasing, permitting, inspection, and enforcement activities; as well as ensuring the land is adequately reclaimed after drilling or mining.

Stakeholder(s):

• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


• Outer Continental Shelf Safety Oversight Board

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