INSIGHTSand take reasonable steps to prevent another unmitigated has largely rebounded since 2010 despite some kinks in the blowout from occurring. The devil’s in the details though, process, moratoria elsewhere and the cancellation of 2010 and some SEMS requirements are more sensible than oth- lease sales in Alaska and the Atlantic continue to stymie ers. If practical measures can be taken to prevent a serious economic growth in other parts of the country. accident that is otherwise likely to occur, those actions are Your predecessor, Jim Adams, had to deal with many worth taking. When the risk is negligible – in terms of challenges. These included ? ghting the Administra-its probability or consequences – the requirement may be tion’s offshore drilling moratorium, repealing the altogether unnecessary. Where the risk is signi