Judge: Fracking Company May Dismiss Permit Dispute; Agency Has Lifted Prohibition

(May 4, 2018, 2:23 PM EDT) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge in North Dakota on May 3 lifted the stay in a hydraulic fracturing permit dispute to allow a company to move for dismissal of its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to the agency’s decision to halt the issuance of permits to drill.  The company seeks dismissal because a federal agency lifted its prohibition on the sale of permits in question (Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., No. 17-166, D. N.D.)....

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