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Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem joined with Attorneys General from eleven other states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) over the EPA’s new rule defining “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.  

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, along with Attorneys General and officials from 30 other states, sent a letter asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to delay the effective date of their rule defining “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.  

The federal district court in Wyoming yesterday temporarily blocked implementation of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hydraulic Fracturing Rule that had been scheduled to go into effect today. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued a cease and desist order banning Mark Howard Patrick Carlson of Bismarck, doing business as Perfection Construction, from conducting business in the state. 

Earlier this week, the state of North Dakota filed a request in federal District Court for a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to block the BLM Hydraulic Fracturing Rule from going into effect on June 24.

Acting US Attorney Chris Myers and ND Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem held a joint announcement in Bismarck today, to announce the formation of the “Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force.” 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem warns all North Dakotans that scam artists are now so desperate to find new victims of the IRS scam that they are claiming to be calling from the Attorney General’s office. 

North Dakota’s “Blue Alert” system is live, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. A Blue Alert is activated when there is a suspect at large who has killed or caused serious injury to a law enforcement officer or if an officer has been abducted or is missing. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued a cease and desist order banning Brad Harper, doing business as Hawkeye Homes and Fox Fire Homes, from conducting business in the state. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today issued a Cease & Desist order banning a Florida company from doing any further business in this state. “Annual Business Services, LLC” used the address of a mail forwarding service in Bismarck to create the impression that it was a North Dakota entity.