U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal judge in New Orleans who overturned the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill has ordered the administration to act on two more drilling permit applications.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s order that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) must act within 30 days on five pending applications for oil and gas drilling permits: