Mealey's (November 21, 2017, 11:13 AM EST) -- DENVER — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Nov. 20 filed a brief in the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that “it is not necessary” to grant rehearing en banc of the court’s decision vacating a district court’s ruling that the agency exceeded its authority when it promulgated new regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing on federal lands because the BLM “expects to publish a new rule as soon as possible” after the rule is reviewed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (State of Wyoming, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-8068, 10th Cir.)....