Exam 15: The Regulatory Process

In Summers v.Earth Island Institute,where the decision of the Forest Service to sell burned timber on 238 acres without preparing an environmental impact statement or formal notice of the sale was challenged as a violation of the Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act,the Supreme Court held that since the:

Among the formal procedures used by most regulatory agencies are quasi-judicial powers,especially:

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

Decisions of Administrative Law Judges are appealed to the head of their agency.

In Dow Chemical Co.v.U.S.the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA did not conduct an unconstitutional search of Dow property when it took aerial photographs because business property is not protected by the 4th Amendment,unlike personal property.

In a hearing at an administrative agency,to determine if the law has been violated:

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

The primary tool for local,state,and federal governments use to perform regulatory functions is the:

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

In Japan,as compared to the U.S. ,administrative agencies exert:

A(n)_____________is an authority of the government,other than a legislature or a court,created to administer a particular law.

Regulatory agencies engage in rulemaking.This authority comes primarily from:

The Environmental Protection Agency could require a company subject to its regulations concerning pollution emissions to do all of the following except:

The procedural requirement of _______________ requires that there can be no judicial review until the agency's decision is final so that the court will have the final issues in the case before it and not hypothetical questions or unresolved disputes.

Administrative agencies may issue subpoenas to obtain business documents that agencies need for law enforcement.Subpoenas may:

In addition to being checked by judicial review,administrative agencies are also checked by:

When a regulatory agency brings criminal charges against a company,it must work with the Department of Justice to carry the matter forward.

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:

The Supreme Court has ruled that agencies do not need search warrants to inspect business property.

In an adjudicatory hearing a(n)________________ presides over the hearing.