U.S. High Court Will Not Hear Trade Group’s Petition Related To Offshore Fracking

Mealey's (June 5, 2023, 10:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 refused to hear a hydraulic fracturing trade group’s petition in which it had argued that a federal appellate panel “drastically expanded the meaning of ‘final agency action’” under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it ruled that federal agencies violated the law when they approved drilling in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California....