( January 31, 2024, 2:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Jan. 30, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) filed an answer in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to an amended complaint in a federal hydraulic fracturing lease dispute, denying allegations that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and contending that the plaintiffs lack standing to bring their claims....