Spill panel to note government's failures

摘要

Washington-While the partial National Oil Spill Commission report released January 5 was critical of the three companies involved in last year's Macondo disaster, the full report, to be released January 11, will contain a harsh assessment of federal regulators. The Commission confirmed that an entire chapter of its final report will be devoted to the failure of regulators, and the failure of Congress and the industry over the years, to support a robust oversight agency.