Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 10:27 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of Utah on March 5 filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court contending that there are no genuine issues of material fact concerning the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the size of national monuments, which would allow access to land for hydraulic fracturing. The state contends that President Trump’s “unique monument-designation authority encompasses subsequent reconsideration” (Hopi Tribe, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2590; Utah Diné Bikéyah, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2605; and Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2606, D. D.C. [consolidated])....