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Falling Behind: Processing And Enforcing Permits For Animal Agriculture Operations In Maryland Is Lagging, Rena I. Steinzor, Anne Havemann Nov 2013

Falling Behind: Processing And Enforcing Permits For Animal Agriculture Operations In Maryland Is Lagging, Rena I. Steinzor, Anne Havemann

Faculty Scholarship

After decades of failed interstate agreements, the Chesapeake Bay is choking on too many nutrients. The estuary’s last, best chance of recovery is the Environmental Protection Agency's Total Maximum Daily Load (“TMDL”) program, also known as a pollution diet. To meet this deadline, all polluters, including large animal farms, will need to sharply reduce the pollutants they release into the Bay. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) must ensure that each Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (“CAFO”) has developed a facility-specific permit that details when and where manure is applied to fields and how waste is stored and handled. Then …


Testimony Of Rena Steinzor…Before The U.S. House Of Representatives, Energy And Commerce Committee, Subcommittee On Environment And Economics. 112th Congress, 1st Session (2011)., Rena I. Steinzor Feb 2011

Testimony Of Rena Steinzor…Before The U.S. House Of Representatives, Energy And Commerce Committee, Subcommittee On Environment And Economics. 112th Congress, 1st Session (2011)., Rena I. Steinzor

Congressional Testimony

Environmental regulations have saved millions of lives, preventing chronic respiratory illness and heart attacks in cities across the country. These rules protect children from irreversible neurological damage, save billions of dollars in cleanup costs, and preserve water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams. If anything, our regulatory system is dangerously weak, and Congress should focus on reviving it rather than eroding public protections….


Lessons From The North Sea: Should "Safety Cases" Come To America?, Rena I. Steinzor Jan 2011

Lessons From The North Sea: Should "Safety Cases" Come To America?, Rena I. Steinzor

Faculty Scholarship

The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last spring and summer has triggered an intense search for more effective regulatory methods that would prevent such disasters. The new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is under pressure to adopt the British “safety case” system, which requires the preparation of a facility-specific plan that is typically several hundred pages long. This system is supposed to inculcate a “safety culture” within companies that operate offshore in the British portion of the North Sea because it overcomes a “box-ticking” mentality and constitutes “bottom up” implementation of safety measures. …


"Streamlining" The Rule Of Law: How The Department Of Justice Is Undermining Judicial Review Of Agency Action, Shruti Rana Jan 2009

"Streamlining" The Rule Of Law: How The Department Of Justice Is Undermining Judicial Review Of Agency Action, Shruti Rana

Faculty Scholarship

Judicial review of administrative decision making is an essential institutional check on agency power. Recently, however, the Department of Justice dramatically revised its regulations in an attempt to insulate its decision making from public and federal court scrutiny. These “streamlining” rules, carried out in the name of national security and immigration reform, have led to a breakdown in the rule of law in our judicial system. While much attention has been focused on the Department of Justice’s recent attempts to shield executive power from the reach of Congress, its efforts to undermine judicial review have so far escaped such scrutiny. …


Public Health Law As Administrative Law: Example Lessons, Edward P. Richards Jan 2007

Public Health Law As Administrative Law: Example Lessons, Edward P. Richards

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Beyond Compensation: Using Torts To Promote Public Health, Elizabeth A. Weeks Jan 2007

Beyond Compensation: Using Torts To Promote Public Health, Elizabeth A. Weeks

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Coast Guard's Administrative Law System, Abraham A. Dash Jan 2007

Review Of The Coast Guard's Administrative Law System, Abraham A. Dash

Congressional Testimony

No abstract provided.


International Delegations And Administrative Law, Kristina Daugirdas Jan 2007

International Delegations And Administrative Law, Kristina Daugirdas

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The People's Agent: Executive Branch Secrecy And Accountability In An Age Of Terrorism, Sidney A. Shapiro, Rena I. Steinzor Jan 2006

The People's Agent: Executive Branch Secrecy And Accountability In An Age Of Terrorism, Sidney A. Shapiro, Rena I. Steinzor

Faculty Scholarship

The increase in government secrecy is an important and troubling policy trend. Although the trend predates the 2000 presidential election, the movement towards government secrecy has accelerated dramatically in the Bush Administration. The case for open government is usually based on political principles embraced by the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. This article seeks to bolster these arguments by applying “agency theory” to the question of how much secrecy is too much. While agency theory is most often used to analyze private sector economic relationships, commentators have also applied it to the analysis of methods for holding legislators and Executive …


Interim Report On The Administrative Law, Process And Procedure Project For The 21st Century, Rena I. Steinzor Jan 2006

Interim Report On The Administrative Law, Process And Procedure Project For The 21st Century, Rena I. Steinzor

Congressional Testimony

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Council On Competitiveness In Regulatory Review, Robert V. Percival Jan 1993

The Role Of The Council On Competitiveness In Regulatory Review, Robert V. Percival

Congressional Testimony

No abstract provided.


Administrative Law Judge Corps Act, Abraham Dash Jan 1983

Administrative Law Judge Corps Act, Abraham Dash

Congressional Testimony

No abstract provided.


One Year's Environmental Litigation: 1977-78, Oscar S. Gray Jan 1979

One Year's Environmental Litigation: 1977-78, Oscar S. Gray

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Modification And Dissolution Of Administrative Orders And Injunctions, Edward A. Tomlinson Jan 1971

Modification And Dissolution Of Administrative Orders And Injunctions, Edward A. Tomlinson

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Some Aspects Of Maryland Administrative Law, Leonard E. Cohen Jan 1964

Some Aspects Of Maryland Administrative Law, Leonard E. Cohen

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Still Further On Judicial Review Of Classification By Selective Service System, Or Judicial Review Of Draft Board Classification Based On Ruling That Selectee Is Not A Minister - Dickinson V. United States, James C. Cox Jr. Jan 1955

Still Further On Judicial Review Of Classification By Selective Service System, Or Judicial Review Of Draft Board Classification Based On Ruling That Selectee Is Not A Minister - Dickinson V. United States, James C. Cox Jr.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Further On Judicial Review Of Classification By Selective Service System - United States, Ex Rel. Bayly, V. Reckord - United States, Ex Rel. Bevans, V. Stone Jan 1944

Further On Judicial Review Of Classification By Selective Service System - United States, Ex Rel. Bayly, V. Reckord - United States, Ex Rel. Bevans, V. Stone

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court And Administrative Law, 1936-1940, Reuben Oppenheimer Jan 1941

The Supreme Court And Administrative Law, 1936-1940, Reuben Oppenheimer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.