Exam 5: Administrative Law

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)would like to adopt some new rules regarding environmental impact statements,but it is afraid that if too many people know about them ahead of time,the adverse publicity will force the agency to amend them.To avoid any public comment,the agency seeks to adopt the rules without publishing them.Which of the following statements is true regarding the agency's actions?

Where there has been informal rulemaking or informal adjudication by an administrative agency and the decision by that agency is then appealed to the courts,the court will generally apply what test in reviewing factual determinations?

All agency decisions must include a statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law.

To what do the letters ALJ refer?

The ____ is the federal public records statute requiring most records in agency files to be open to the public.

Notice of a proposed rule may be given by publication in the Federal Register.

Rulemaking powers of federal agencies are primarily governed by the:

Much of federal,state,and local law in this country has been established by administrative agencies.Because agencies possess tremendous power,many people have labeled them the:

After a FOIA request has been made,an agency has ____ to indicate whether it intends to comply.