LAW PA513 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.docx LAW_PA513_WEEK_3_DISCUSSION_NEGOTI

LAW PA513 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.docx  LAW_PA513_WEEK_3_DISCUSSION_NEGOTIATED_RULEMAKING  Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.  Due Thursday  Using the information from this week™s required learning activities, respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:  ï‚·What is negotiated rulemaking?  Negotiated rulemaking is a consensus-based process that Congress amended to the APA in 1990, which is implemented by federal agencies in the rulemaking process. Through  this process, the agency develops a proposed rule and creates a negotiating committee. This committee is usually composed of twenty-five people or less and is integrated by representatives that could be affected by the rule, the agency itself, and with a neutral facilitator.  The factors that an agency must consider when determining whether to use negotiated rulemaking are; if the parties that will be affected by the rule are twenty-five or less if a balanced committee can be assembled and will satisfactorily represent the several interests and will negotiate in good faith to get to a consensus; if the issuance of the rule will not be delayed by the negotiation; if the agency has adequate resources to support the negotiating committee; and if the agency is willing to use a committee consensus as to the basis for the proposed rule.  If a committee can be formed with twenty-five members or less, the several interests involved