The phrase "adopting regulations" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of implementing or enacting rules or laws, typically in a governmental or organizational context.
Example: "The committee is focused on adopting regulations that will improve environmental standards in the industry."
Alternatives: "implementing rules" or "establishing guidelines".
In an interview, she cited a report by Davis Polk, a major law firm, saying that regulators had so far missed two-thirds of the 221 deadlines for adopting regulations set forth in the law.
The Department of Education, under the inept leadership of Rod Paige, has been painfully slow in adopting regulations on how the states can comply with the law.
But the move, involving just one state and one province, underscores the incremental and scattershot way that governments are generally adopting regulations to slow climate change.
Beyond the currency dispute, the administration has charged that China has used other tactics to keep out American products, in some cases adopting regulations that put foreign producers of goods at a disadvantage.
It called for the S.E.C. and the C.F.T.C. to consider adopting regulations and "risk-management standards for exchanges, clearing firms and other market participants that are relevant for a high-speed trading environment".
The Federal Communications Commission has begun adopting regulations that would force Internet service providers and VoIP companies to adopt the technology that permits law enforcement officials to monitor conventional telephone calls.
In comments filed with the FCC, the CTIA, which represents the wireless industry, urged regulators not to adopt regulations requiring back-up power at cell towers.
Her bill, which was signed into law on Sept. 11, authorizes the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt regulations consistent with those in California regulating emissions from personal watercraft.
The group asked that the department immediately adopt regulations for listeria inspections that President Bill Clinton initiated.
More than half a dozen other states have adopted regulations but have not yet started registries.
On June 25, the board adopted regulations for windows that cuts infrared intrusion on new vehicles sold in the state.
