Salazar Splits Minerals Management Service in Three
WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2010 (ENS) - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today restructured the Minerals Management Service, dividing its three conflicting functions into separate entities, each with an independent set of responsibilities.
One of the new divisions will have oversight of safety and environmental protection in all offshore energy activities, such as oil drilling.
A second division will take care of leasing federal waters for conventional and renewable energy resources, and the third will collect and distribute revenues.