Practice question
A statute requires the regulator to set technical emissions limits using specified health criteria, measurement methods and a statutory maximum. The regulator chooses a permissible numerical limit after technical study. Is the law invalid merely because Congress did not state that final number?
- Yes, all numerical standards must appear in statutes
- Yes, technical study is exclusively judicial work
- No, bounded technical implementation is not necessarily an unlawful delegation
- No, agencies possess unlimited independent legislative power
- Yes, a regulator may only copy statutory language
Legal references
- Gerochi v. Department of Energy, G.R. No. 159796, July 17, 2007, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/44055
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