Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
I'd be interested in hearing the judge's reasons for blocking Obama's decree.
Might it have something to do with the decree not being duly passed by Congress first? That pesky Constitution again.....?
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GGFHKG0&show_article=1
Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
Jun 22 01:54 PM US/Eastern
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.
President Barack Obama's administration has halted the approval of any new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf.
Feldman says in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium. He says it seems to assume that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.
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An earlier article giving details of the request to the judge:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7067982.html
Judge considers request to block drilling ban
by JENNIFER DLOUHY and TOM FOWLER
June 21, 2010, 10:40PM
A federal judge could decide as early as today whether to block the Obama administration's ban on deep-water drilling, responding to a legal challenge mounted by drilling companies and backed by Louisiana state leaders worried the ban will cost jobs and tax revenue.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said he would rule no later than noon Wednesday in a decision that could dictate the future of the White House plans to pause deep-water oil and gas exploration while an independent commission probes the cause of the April 20 blowout of BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. It destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killed 11 workers and triggered the nation's worst oil spill.
Feldman heard arguments on the case Monday. It originally was filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La., and other oil field services companies have since joined the bid to block the ban on deep-water oil and gas exploration.
The companies argue that the ban on drilling in 500 or more feet of water is arbitrary and capricious because it halted activity at 33 permitted wells without any evidence they weren't complying with safety standards.
Might it have something to do with the decree not being duly passed by Congress first? That pesky Constitution again.....?
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GGFHKG0&show_article=1
Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
Jun 22 01:54 PM US/Eastern
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.
President Barack Obama's administration has halted the approval of any new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf.
Feldman says in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium. He says it seems to assume that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.
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An earlier article giving details of the request to the judge:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7067982.html
Judge considers request to block drilling ban
by JENNIFER DLOUHY and TOM FOWLER
June 21, 2010, 10:40PM
A federal judge could decide as early as today whether to block the Obama administration's ban on deep-water drilling, responding to a legal challenge mounted by drilling companies and backed by Louisiana state leaders worried the ban will cost jobs and tax revenue.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said he would rule no later than noon Wednesday in a decision that could dictate the future of the White House plans to pause deep-water oil and gas exploration while an independent commission probes the cause of the April 20 blowout of BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. It destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killed 11 workers and triggered the nation's worst oil spill.
Feldman heard arguments on the case Monday. It originally was filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La., and other oil field services companies have since joined the bid to block the ban on deep-water oil and gas exploration.
The companies argue that the ban on drilling in 500 or more feet of water is arbitrary and capricious because it halted activity at 33 permitted wells without any evidence they weren't complying with safety standards.
It was a glitch in the system 
