At the same time, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar outlined a series of rules that called for tighter state regulations on everything from full chemical disclosure to well integrity.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced in June an extension on the comment period pertaining to the proposed onshore hydraulic fracturing regulations until mid-August.
Kandaurov compared the intended actions of the KGB and Interior Ministry to tax inspectors in the West or to the investigations of Western governments into suspected breaches of COCOM regulations (which prohibit high-technology exports to the Soviet Union).