On December 10, 2015, Bureau
of Land Management filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Tenth Circuit challenging the U.S. District Court of Wyoming’s decision to
grant motions for preliminary injunction of the BLM hydraulic fracturing rule.
In September 2015, the
U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming granted all motions for
preliminary injunction separately filed by the Independent Petroleum
Association in America and Western Energy Alliance, the states of Wyoming and
Colorado, the states of North Dakota, and the Ute Indian Tribe barring
enforcement of the BLM rule governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and
tribal lands. The District Court contended that the BLM did not receive
authority from Congress to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
Further information on
the case State of Wyoming et al., v. U.S.
Department of Interior et al. is available at docket no. 2:15-cv-043.
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
12/11/2015
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