(February 25, 2021, 11:43 AM EST) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A hydraulic fracturing company on Feb. 23 sued the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in North Dakota federal court asking it to order the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to approve 50 pending applications for permits to drill and contending that the DOI’s failure to process the applications is a violation of the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) (Continental Resources Inc. v. Scott De La Vega, et al., No. 21-34, D. N.D.)....