Groups: DOI Motion To Dismiss Federal Fracking Lease Case Lacks Merit

Mealey's (September 24, 2019, 2:17 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — Two environmental groups filed a joint brief in Utah federal court on Sept. 19 contending that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) motion to dismiss their consolidated complaints challenging federal hydraulic fracturing leases lacks merit (Friends of Cedar Mesa v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 19-13, and Southern Utah Wilderness Association v. David Bernhardt, No. 19-266, D. Utah)....

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