Rahall probes revolving door between oil industry, MMS
It also seeks “information regarding rotation practices designed to ensure that inspectors maintain arms-length relationships with offshore facility personnel.”
Multiple reports by the Interior Department’s inspector general have uncovered inappropriate ties between MMS and industry employees, such as regulators accepting sports tickets from oil company personnel.
The letter also seeks other information about the embattled MMS, which Salazar is splitting into three separate agencies. Rahall wants data about MMS’s staffing levels in various regions, a summary of the qualifications of current field and supervisory inspectors, information about training that inspectors receive and other documents.
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