( 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....