US committee unveils 'compromise' OCs oversight bill

摘要

Washington-Leaders of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee have rolled out a new version of a bill to overhaul offshore drilling regulations, but the committee's top Republican said June 27 she might not support it. Changes to the bill, which was originally introduced by Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat-New Mexico, would provide smaller windows for reviewing exploration plans than the original legislation, cap the total amount of fees that the government could collect to pay for inspections at $200 million, streamline the third-party review process, and reduce the maximum civil fine to $2.5 million from $10 million in the original bill.