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December 16, 2009

ANF drilling ban lifted in Tuesday ruling in federal lawsuit

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Private oil and gas drilling on the Allegheny National Forest may resume, ruled a federal judge Tuesday, saying the U.S. Forest Service was wrong to institute a ban and insist

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