( January 18, 2024, 2:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — A state authority that supports hydraulic fracturing in Alaska filed an amended complaint in the federal fracking lease dispute before the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, adding a claim for violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) based on the U. S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) use of the word “license” rather than “lease. ” The authority says the DOI’s interpretation of the words is “strained and unsupported” and still amounts to a violation of the APA. . . .