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![On a helicopter to observe firsthand how inspectors operate offshore. Listening to inspectors on this trip helped me see a connection between their work and the strategic plan. On a helicopter to observe firsthand how inspectors operate offshore. Listening to inspectors on this trip helped me see a connection between their work and the strategic plan.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/emily_bsee_helicopter.jpg?itok=w7dIiz2G)
Within days of starting my new job, I was given a major assignment. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, otherwise known as BSEE (and pronounced Bessie), was about to get a new strategic plan, and I was going to coordinate the effort.
As I dug into the assignment, I quickly...
![Kristi McKinney at Ohmsett Kristi McKinney at Ohmsett](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/img_9296.jpg?itok=9U3cdlnp)
Earlier this year, I found myself once again at the massive Ohmsett seawater test tank, a treasure in the world of oil spill research. It’s a place where I have spent many weeks since joining the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) four years ago. BSEE regulates the offshore...
![John M. Cushing Jr.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/john_cushing.jpg?itok=qGqODcTf)
As a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement senior technical advisor and structural engineer, I am really fascinated by how technologically advanced the offshore oil and gas industry has become. The comparisons of subsea activities in deepwater regions of the Outer Continental Shelf to...
![Ryan Underwood, Office of Congressional and International Affairs](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/ryanunderwood.jpg?itok=h1jD_zCu)
June 7, 2016 – When I first sat down at a three day Department of Interior (DOI) retreat a few weeks ago, I had a good sense of why I was there. The topic was Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes and the four dozen participants were assembled to summarize activities and identify priorities for the...
![Stephen Martinez](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/image2.jpg?itok=5xUs__-R)
June 7, 2016 - They say that every place you live has its good and its not so good attributes. Every location has its beauty and its beast. If you have ever been through a hurricane event, it is certainly no beauty. As a Texas native living along the Gulf Coast, the threat of...
![Photo by James Gathany/CDC](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/photo_by_james_gathany_-_centers_for_disease_control_and_prevention_1.jpg?itok=O7wcynXF)
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It is often said that as you move through a career certain learnings stay with you and you build upon those later in your journey. This is certainly the case in my experience as a petroleum engineer for 20 years with industry and more recently 19 years regulating the offshore oil and gas...
![Glenn Degnitz, Deputy Division Chief, Environmental Compliance Division](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/glenn_degnitz-600px.jpg?itok=6pOBRW08)
April 22, 2016 - The meaning of Earth Day differs depending on who you talk to; the one thing all definitions have in common is protection of the environment. Since the first Earth Day in 1970 there has been a consistent focus on educating the public about environmental issues. This...
![John Northington](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161224205008im_/https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/styles/listing_thumbnail__290_x_215_/public/blog-post/thumbnail-images/img_2207.jpg?itok=HOwwmYB6)
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