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David Cay Johnston: “We believe so, but if it needs to be further clarified, it can be. The idea here is that you want to have this…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1995
We believe so, but if it needs to be further clarified, it can be. The idea here is that you want to have this determination made early enough in the process so that you can remedy the defects in the rule while the rule is still going on and not have to wait until it is all over with, because some of these rules take 2 or 3 years. And if you do not find out until, say, your final appeal is 6 or 9 months after the final rule, then you have to stay the rule and go back and do it all over again.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the importance of timely determinations in regulatory processes.

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