(May 8, 2017, 1:14 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — An appeals panel in California on May 4 reversed and remanded a lawsuit brought by environmental advocacy groups, concluding that residents had shown that the California Department of Conservation (DOC) and its Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) failed to follow proper procedure when they approved fracking permits (Association of Irritated Residents, et al. v. California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, et al., No. F073018, Calif. App., 5th Dist.; 2017 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3137)....