North Dakota Says It Should Be Awarded Costs In Federal Fracking Rule Case

Mealey's (August 4, 2016, 1:06 PM EDT) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The State of North Dakota, one of the states that sued the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the federal fracking rule those agencies developed, on Aug. 1 filed a brief in Wyoming federal court contending that it should be awarded costs associated with the litigation because “they fall squarely within the applicable statute” and its request for payment was properly filed (State of Wyoming v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 15-00043, D. Wyo.)....