Judge: Fracking Suspended On Wyoming Leases Until Agency Corrects NEPA Violations

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 2:25 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Nov. 13 granted environmental groups’ motion and ordered the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to remand its approval of leases for hydraulic fracturing in Wyoming with instructions that the agency must correct deficiencies in the environmental assessment that concluded that the lease sale complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  The judge ruled that no fracking could occur on the leases in question until the corrections were made (WildEarth Guardians, et al. v. David Bernhardt, No. 16-1724, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212928)....