Mealey's (November 8, 2016, 1:05 PM EST) -- DENVER — The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) on Nov. 4 reached a settlement agreement regarding the DOI’s final rule regarding use of hydraulic fracturing techniques in oil and gas development on tribal lands, which gives the tribe some authority to regulate drilling activity (Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. U.S. Department of Interior, et al., No. 15-1303, D. Colo.)....