LEGL 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Environmental Policy Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Ambient Air Quality Standards
21 Aug 2016
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Specificity: securities and exchange commission, state workers comp boards- employees injured in work place. Expertise: federal reserve board, nuclear regulatory commission, food and drug administration. Regulation: where there is an absence of competition, market forces: utility companies, banking, transportation industries. Rule-making: rules and regulations as authorized by statute, non-binding guidelines. But agreement to make reforms: cease and desist order. Advising: to president or congress, to the public. 5 to 7 commission/board members: one chairperson, appointed by president and confirmed by senate, simple majority only from same political party, staggered terms. Notice and comment : proposed rule, hearings and comments, agency response and final rule due process clause challenging regulations standing to sue, reviewability. Is it a matter of agency discretion: aggrieved party. Fda sought to regulate nicotine as a drug and cigarettes as a combination project . Drug : articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
