>> narrator: at interior, secretary ken salazar's chief deputy is david hayes.but here, too, bp's track record failed to alarm anyone. >> would an application from bp receive any special attention, given bp's troubled track record? >> i don't believe so. the track record for bp as a compy, iterms of deepwater performance, i'm not aware that bp would be singled out for special attention. >> the thunder horse rig-- almost completely destroyed. they had the texas city disaster, they had the problems on the north slope of alaska. at what point does the company performance start to raise red flags? >> the enforcement philosophy that we have and the permitting philosophy that we have is we expect ery applica to come and provi the demonstration required to show that they can do the activities they are being requested to do. we expect our permit reviewers and our enforcers to be tough on everybody. >> narrator: that would mean lawyers at either the epa or the justice department. but former chief of the environmental crimes section at justice, david ulhmann, says that th