(August 15, 2023, 11:16 AM EDT) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other defendants filed a response brief in Wyoming federal court arguing that the BLM acted within the scope of its authority in deciding that an oil company needs to submit a federal application for a permit to drill (APD) before the agency would allow it to extract mineral from federal land....