Legal Opinion
Association of American Railroads v. Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 28, 1999No. 99-1116PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Acting without notice and comment, the Federal Railroad Administration issued a technical bulletin interpreting a safety regulation the agency had issued through formal rulemaking just two years earlier. Petitioner claims that the technical bulletin abruptly departed from the agency’s previous interpretation of the regulation and that it therefore required notice and comment rulemaking. We disagree. Reviewing the random and conflicting agency letters and other documents relied on by petitioner, we find no evidence of a…
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