North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado have asked a federal judge in Casper, Wyoming to issue a preliminary injunction against the federal Bureau of Land Management’s new Hydraulic Fracturing Rule.
The rule is supposed to take effect June 24th.
“We contend that the federal government, through the BLM, is proceeding to usurp authority that belongs to the state of North Dakota, notwithstanding there are specific federal statutes that prohibit the federal government from regulating hydraulic fracturing,” said North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.