PADP 6490 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Waste Management (Corporation), International Standard Book Number

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 6490
• Professor: Martinez

Document Summary

Relevant agency adjudication cases in administrative law1: administrative adjudication, seacoast anti-pollution league v. costle, 1978. Established presumption that unless [an enabling act] otherwise specifies, a statutory hearing requirement for adjudication subject to judicial review triggers formal adjudication: city of west chicago v. united states nuclear regulatory commission, 1983) Court presumed that a statutory hearing requirement, standing alone, is not sufficient enough to trigger formal adjudication. Court regarded trigger language on the record or some similar expression of clear congressional intent as the crucial congressional signal of a statutorily required hearing: chemical waste management, inc. v. u. s. environmental protection agency, 1989. Agency discretion in translating stand-alone statutory hearing requirements. Court chose to defer to expertise of administrative officials in designing a hearing process that best fits the decision that congress authorized the agency to make. Agency"s interpretation of a statutory hearing requirement must be reasonable. Adjudicative: universal camera corp. v. national labor relations board, 1951.