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The Irving, Texas-based Fleur de Lis Energy and Fleur de Lis Operating, LLC, agreed to the settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.

But the volume of applications for permits to drill over the last year — about 10,000 — has eclipsed even the coal-bed methane days.

Cloud Peak Energy and Peabody Energy have raised concerns over a proposal from EOG Resources that would have the Houston-based energy company drill 1,500 wells.