Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

How about some strict internal safety measures from BP to begin with? Interesting that some are suddenly in favor of more gov't involvement.

I am one who favors as little gov't involvement as possible. That said, I have no problems with punitive fines, and possibly criminal neglect charges, against BP execs who allowed the lax security in this case. The only real regulation I would want to see is a relief well requirement for deep water wells (what ever deep water is defined as) and a required approved Emergency Action Plan(EAP) and I imagine the EAP requirement already exists. Unfortunately, when huge mistakes happen Government is required to step in. Then it's impossible to get them back out again