Groups:  Claims Against Federal Agency’s Fracking Lease Plan Are Not Precluded

Mealey's (October 9, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- BOISE, Idaho — Environmental groups on Sept. 14 filed a brief in Idaho federal court contending that their claims that the U.S. secretary of the Interior violated federal law when he and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the sale of hydraulic fracturing leases across what is referred to as the Interior West are not precluded (Western Watersheds Project, et al. v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 18-187, D. Idaho)....