It is more of a mixed picture than many Trump administration environmental rollbacks. The Interior Department assures that it is changing only about 20 percent of these post-disaster rules, because new technologies and industry practices justify revisions. Proposed wording changes appear to water down safety requirements. Given the chummy atmosphere within the offshore drilling community, this measure was one designed to ensure ample professional oversight on oil rigs. The Trump administration’s rewrite of offshore drilling rules could have been worse.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2019 22:40 UTC