Judge Allows Companies Limited Intervention In Federal Fracking Lease Dispute

Mealey's (August 19, 2020, 2:12 PM EDT) -- BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge in Idaho on Aug. 17 denied various hydraulic fracturing companies the right to intervene in a federal lease dispute on grounds that they were already represented by another intervenor but granted other fracking operators the right to intervene pursuant to the narrow issue contained in a footnote to a previous memorandum decision and order regarding requests as to what work, if any, will be permitted during a stay in drilling activity (Western Watersheds Project, et al. v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 18-187, D. Idaho)....