From the Washington Post:

U.S. exempted BP rigs from impact analysis

By Juliet Eilperin
The Interior Department exempted BP's calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely.

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