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Brine of the Times
Louisiana will crack down on oil industry waste-disposal practices |
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05 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:56 AM on 05 Nov 2007 Oil companies accustomed to a hodgepodge of regulation will soon see stricter oversight from a new initiative in Louisiana, which will pool the resources of 15 state and federal offices to crack down on Big Oil's waste-disposal practices. The program will train some 100 field officers to identify oil and brine-water spills in the Gulf of Mexico and collect evidence potentially ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Louisiana, news, politics, regulation, state politics (all these topics) |
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