Jamie L. Slaten
KETK NBC
December 30, 2010
NEW ORLEANS – The owner the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board. According to the Associated Press, the board is challenging the company’s involvement in monitoring the testing of key pieces of equipment that failed to stop the disaster.
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Transocean officials says the U.S. Chemical Safety Board does not have jurisdiction, so it doesn’t have a right to the documents. The board says otherwise and has asked the Justice Department to intervene.
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Last week, the board demanded that the testing of the failed blowout preventer stop until Transocean and Cameron International are removed from any hands-on role in the examination. It says it’s a conflict of interest.
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