Indian Tribe, Trade Groups Seek Rehearing En Banc Of 10th Circuit Fracking Ruling

(November 7, 2017, 3:09 PM EST) -- DENVER — An Indian tribe and members of an oil and gas industry trade association on Nov. 6 each filed separate petitions in the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking rehearing en banc of a split panel’s earlier decision that vacated a district court’s ruling that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management exceeded its authority when it promulgated new regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing on federal lands (State of Wyoming, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-8068, 10th Cir.)....