9th Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc, Says Agency Met Fracking Lease Requirements

Mealey's (December 30, 2020, 10:53 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 23 denied a petition for rehearing en banc in a hydraulic fracturing lawsuit and let stand the panel’s earlier decision, which held that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) met the federal requirements for a 2017 lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in Alaska (Northern Alaska Environmental Center, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 19-35008, 9th Cir.)....