Native American Group:  Claims Against Fracking Plan Valid

Mealey's (July 9, 2021, 2:31 PM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Native American group on June 11 filed a brief in Alaska federal court contending that it should vacate the Record of Decision (ROD) issued by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that approved a hydraulic fracturing development project in the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope because the Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act’s (NPRPA) statute of limitations does not apply to the group’s claims under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....