Natural Resources Development and the Administrative State: Navigating Federal Agency Regulation and Litigation

The papers presented at the 2019 Special Institute on Natural Resources Development and the Administrative State are available as a written manual (downloadable file). Chapters include:

• Ninja Elephants in the Oilfields, Gas Patches, Coal Mines, and Timber Stands – Administrative Law & Natural Resources Development 

• Back to the Basics – Agency Rulemaking and Agency Adjudications 101 

• Policy Directives from the Oval Office – Executive Orders and Other Presidential Instruments 

• From Babbling Brooks to Roaring Rapids – Effective Participation in Agency Rulemaking, Adjudications, and Public Land Processes 

• We’re Off to See the Wizard – How Do Agencies Reach Decisions?

• Balance of Power – Constitutional Limits on Agency Action 

• Current Perspectives on Regulatory Reform 

• Welcome to the Thunderdome – Administrative Appeals and Natural Resources 

• Chasing Away Paper Tigers – Litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act 

• Keep Calm and Carry On – Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations 

• Clear Cutting the Regulatory Forest – Repeal and Replacement of Rules by New Presidential Administrations 

• Canaries in the Coal Mines - Agency Enforcement and Investigations 

• The Agency Can(not) Take It Away – Retroactive Agency Actions 

• Just Compensation – Takings Claims Before the Court of Federal Claims 

• Avoiding Ethical Dry Holes – Ethics & Administrative Law 

Mineral Law Series Volume 2019, Number 2 (February 2019) Manual: 1 looseleaf volume 600 pages \ ISBN: 978-1-943497-27-0.