Editor’s Note: The following is are excerpts from the OIRA Watch article, Was The Tozzi Amendment More Than a Nudge? For a pre-
The June 6, 2014 Plenary Session the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) addressed the concept of “ex parte” comments.
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Jim Tozzi, a Public Member of ACUS, proposed an amendment that the following clause be added to the aforementioned recommendation:
“giving full consideration to the principles enunciated in Sierra Club v. Costle.”
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Endnotes
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CFPB: An Enlightened Ex Parte Policy
An Even More Enlightened EPA Policy on Ex Parte Contacts— Issued Prior to the Landmark Sierra v. Costle