President Biden Says States Fail To State Claim In Federal Fracking Lease Dispute

Mealey's (October 29, 2021, 10:21 AM EDT) -- MONROE, La. — President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Oct. 6 filed an answer in Louisiana federal court contending that it lacks jurisdiction to rule on a lawsuit brought against the president related to his executive order halting new federal hydraulic fracturing leases because the plaintiffs failed to give notice 60 days before filing a citizen suit seeking to compel the administration to comply with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)....