DWP officials said the utility would also be legally required to meet standards for how swiftly it investigates billing problems and answers phone calls from customers.
However, this narrow focus precludes the exploration of potential interventions at other locations (in both the transverse and longitudinal directions) which may offer more effective means of reducing high water levels to meet the legally required flood safety standards.
The agency, which is legally required to update air standards to keep pace with evolving science, would be obligated to review rules for pollutants once a decade, as opposed to once every five years.
The society said its Good Beach Guide was based on standards set by the European Bathing Water Directive but differed from the official Blue Flag scheme by including test results on more rural, isolated beaches not legally required to meet EU standards because of their small number of bathers.
The seven-person panel, which is charged under the Clean Air Act to review the scientific basis of all ambient air quality standards, is legally required to have a medical doctor and a member of the National Academy of Sciences as members.
If state agencies don't meet the standards, federal regulators are legally required to withhold highway funds, constrain economic development aid and, in the worst cases, come in and impose their own plans on local jurisdictions.
Milstein asserts that PIs may be legally required to provide measures that meet the highest standards of medical practice, regardless of differences in their research environments or specializations compared to those of medical doctors [ 13].
Generally we aim to make plants just as safe and sustainable as is legally required, though ethical consideration may cause us to exceed the minimum standard on occasion.
There is no clear national standard to say what kinds of ballot access are legally required.
While the headline dollar figure is the largest ever for a settlement against financial institutions, banks were able to reduce their liability with standard cost-saving business practices -- many of which they already were legally required to perform.
Though this is not legally required for privately funded research, the failure of organizations to voluntarily adopt the Common Rule or a similar standard of behavior raises questions about the integrity of their research programs.
