Oil and natural gas industry seeks compliance break amid pandemic
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-03-24T15:59:00
The American Petroleum Institute in a letter to President Trump requested that the administration temporarily waive non-essential compliance obligations and provide timely guidance to critical infrastructure personnel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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