Natural Resources committee  The question of these helicopters is far out of my area of competency, but I would reinforce raising the question about positioning the search and rescue helicopters and also about who should pay for them. It's not obvious to me that it should be coming directly from taxpayers. I

Natural Resources committee  The actual cost to the ocean drilling and exploration company was that they paid $20 million in lawsuits.

Natural Resources committee  May I speak to that briefly?

Natural Resources committee  One of my brothers used to teach hydrography at the University of Southern Mississippi, so he worked through that side of the industry. Otherwise nobody in my family is working in the industry. My father was in the air force, so on the search and rescue side we always kept kind o

Natural Resources committee  I agree with both responses: a review every five years, yes, and an ongoing commitment to adapting.

Natural Resources committee  That sounds fine to me.

Natural Resources committee  I did not present.

Natural Resources committee  I'm just thinking that the ideal situation would be to have a stand-alone safety agency that is brilliantly resourced and has both the power to police and the ability to constantly consult with industry. There is no keeping up with industry. The technological developments are alw

Natural Resources committee  Yes, and also have a stronger commitment to research and development that I do not think will come out of industry spontaneously.

Natural Resources committee  There's another place where political will can come in. In the event that someone does shut down an operation, they should be supported in that.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not happy with the way I responded to the question about political will earlier. The political will is always rooted in the community, and for the community to be able to express the level of acceptable risk. Right? You can't eliminate risk. The final decision on the level

Natural Resources committee  I think it's ludicrous for our governments to think we can police these organizations. The technology moves too quickly, and we don't have the financial power to police them. If it turns into a conflict relationship whereby we're deluding ourselves into thinking we can effectivel

Natural Resources committee  No, I'm fine. I would agree that erring on the side of reasonable cause rather than imminent danger would be the way to go.

Natural Resources committee  I would want to look at this more carefully. I think Chief Justice Hickman was responding to a circumstance that pertained to the early 1980s as the regulatory regime was taking shape. The problem he had was that the various powers were pulling apart. I think Wells is referring

Natural Resources committee  I would like to call into question the presupposition that regulations have to be disaster driven. One of the things that really struck me when I interviewed Alex Hickman about the cause of the Ocean Ranger disaster was that the Ranger had a sister rig called the Dyvi Delta and