(August 2, 2023, 1:09 PM EDT) -- DENVER — Federal agencies have filed a brief in Colorado federal court arguing that it should deny mandamus relief sought by a hydraulic fracturing operator because it has not identified a “clear, nondiscretionary action” that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to take with respect to the company’s applications for permits to drill (APDs) under the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA)....