Exam 17: The Regulatory Process

An administrative agency is usually:

Which classification of administrative laws have the same force of law as statues enacted by Congress:

Administrative law judges issue written opinions after hearings on administrative complaints.

In Lone Mountain Processing v. Secretary of Labor, a mining firm failed to respond to a citation from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for regulatory violations within 30 days, so the citations became final. The firm protested the refusal to reconsider the matter after 30 days. The appeals court held that:

Congress established the Interstate Commerce Commission as the first federal agency to regulate railroads.

____ detail an agency's structure and describe its method of operation and its internal practices.

Which of the following is a provision of the Government in the Sunshine Act?

Five procedural requirements for judicial review of a challenge to an agency decision are:

____are statements issued by an agency to provide its staff and the public with guidance regarding the interpretation of a substantive rule or a congressional statute.

The aspects of agency actions given the most intense scope of review by the courts are:

When Congress grants courts the ability to review administrative actions, it may:

A person who wishes to bring a complaint against another person or business for violation of a statute administered by a federal agency must first:

Substantive or legislative rules are usually required to have public notice and comment before they take effect.

A ____ is a formal agency process under APA rules, which are similar to those followed in a trial.

Which classification of administrative laws results in a rule being a federal law:

In Dow Chemical Co. v. U.S., where the EPA took aerial photographs of a Dow plant to see if the plant produced too much pollution, the Supreme Court held that:

Interpretative rules issued by administrative agencies are:

Businesses subject to regulation can be made to report to the regulatory agency on a routine basis, including any violations of the law they commit.

Substantive or legislative rules are statements issued by an agency to provide its staff and the public with guidance about interpretation of a statute or regulation.

Which of these is not a procedural requirement for judicial review of an agency decision: