Former MMS Director Says She ‘Got Crucified’ for RIK Program

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In an interview with a Wyoming newspaper last week, former Minerals Management Service (MMS) director Johnnie Burton defended the agency’s oversight and inspections of oil and natural gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico during her tenure. “I have been gone from the Minerals Management Ser- vice for three years, and I may not remember a lot of details. But I remember enough to tell you, for the five years I was there, we never relaxed any rules — never changed any rules to make them any less safe,” Burton told the Casper Star- Tribune. Burton resigned from the MMS in May 2007.