The phrase "a regulatory action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an official measure or decision taken by a regulatory body or authority.
Example: "The agency announced a regulatory action to address the environmental concerns raised by the community."
Alternatives: "an enforcement measure" or "a compliance directive."
The lawsuit foreshadowed a regulatory action against Mr. Corzine, who is fighting the civil charges.
Putting a black box on a drug's label is a regulatory action, and it is not taken lightly.
Late last week, the company withdrew from Washington State, where it was facing a regulatory action aimed at suspending its license.
A competitor's move, a regulatory action or technology developments -- not to mention a disaster like Sept. 11 -- can rewrite the ground rules overnight in an industry, he said.
And some experts say that an industry perspective helps the agency understand what impact a regulatory action might have in the business world.
But department officials described the matter as a regulatory action unrelated to the exchange of tariff threats between Washington and Beijing.
After Wednesday's decision, those efforts are most likely to succeed if they are based on express language in a Congressional statute or a specific regulatory action that makes compliance with state requirements impossible.
When science and evidence support a nondiscriminatory regulatory action, it already has a safe harbor in our trade agreements and under sovereign United States law.
Congress must clearly authorize an agency to take such a major regulatory action.
In particular, confounding factors are of outstanding importance but difficult to adjust for hampering a valid estimate of the actual impact of a particular regulatory action.
OMB advised U.S. EPA that the regulation should otherwise be considered a "significant regulatory action," per EO 12866 (Clinton 1993), which makes for a total of 14 actions subject to EO 13045.
