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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 8/26/13: Recess Appointments; Food Safety; Sewage Sludge Incinerators; Crystalline Silica & H-2B Wage Methodology

By Leland E. Beck on Posted in Agency Authority, Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory Process

Summer recess is the time for judicial details and major regulatory actions.  This week, two more very different opinions arise in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recess appointments scrum, more delay in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety regulations is denied, and a small element of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s sewage… Continue Reading

Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 8/19/13

By Leland E. Beck on Posted in Executive - OMB Review, Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory Process

Regulatory complexity and related rulemakings are the focus of the review this week, with multiple rulemaking actions in the Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Conservation Standards program, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety and Modernization Act program, and Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Services… Continue Reading

Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Regulations: Dates, Eggs, Bells, and Other Things to Consider

By Leland E. Beck on Posted in Judicial Process, Judicial Review & Remedies

An agency final rule normally takes effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.  If that rule has serious substantive or procedural flaws, and substantial detriment to a client, counsel may have only those 30 days to respond.  Once the rule becomes effective, unscrambling the eggs and unringing the bell will be far more… Continue Reading

Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 8/12/13

By Leland E. Beck on Posted in Executive - OMB Review, Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory Process

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed review (ubiquitously consistent with change) on several sensitive significant rules last week, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed greenhouse gas reporting amendments and final renewable fuels volumes for 2013, as well as a proposal to fix an Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act problem for Members… Continue Reading

Economically Significant: A Threshold Shapshot of OMB’s Regulatory Docket

By Leland E. Beck on Posted in Regulatory Process

The term “economically significant” has a distinct meaning in the regulatory process and is the source of much angst for agencies and regulated industries.  “Economically significant” is not a legal term, however, but a management term – one of several thresholds for triggering review of a proposed or final rule by the Office of Management… Continue Reading