Magistrate:  DOI, Fracking Company Prevail In Tribe’s Challenge To Well Permits

Mealey's (February 26, 2021, 8:48 AM EST) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota federal magistrate judge on Feb. 22 recommended granting summary judgment to the Department of the Interior (DOI) and an energy development company on an Indian tribe’s claims that the federal government acted arbitrarily in issuing permits for a hydraulic fracturing drilling project....