(January 6, 2017, 3:50 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in North Dakota on Dec. 20 transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a lawsuit brought by hydraulic fracturing industry groups that seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for alleged violations of three federal laws pertaining to land use plans that affect oil and gas leasing on 165 million acres under DOI purview (Western Energy Alliance, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 16-2482, D. D.C.)....