Interior, Coast Guard forge agreement on oil spill planning and response

April 6, 2012

The Interior Department and U.S. Coast Guard have inked a formal agreement that lays out their roles and collaboration in offshore oil spill preparation and response, a step that comes ahead of the two-year anniversary of the BP disaster.

The “memorandum of agreement” signed April 3 between Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Coast Guard addresses inspections, training, response to accidents and other matters.

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