Writing regulations for a federal law is always complicated.
That's good to know, considering the bureau will write regulations for mortgages and credit cards.
The bureau formally started operations last week, beginning to supervise and write regulations for the financial industry.
Under the ruling, the department will write regulations for the care of mice, rats and birds, which will then be subject to public comment before being adopted.
Martha Meng, a lawyer with Murtha, Cullina LLP of Hartford and New Haven, was part of a working group convened in 1991 by the Department of Health to write regulations for assisted living.
In Washington, the United States Information Agency is for the first time planning to write regulations for the Federal program that protects international cultural loans from seizure.
"You can't write regulations for something that is just getting into the prototype stage," said Richard Bishop, who represents the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a Washington trade association.
Last year, Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat from Massachusetts, pressured the F.D.A. to write regulations for antiseptic products like hand soap, including the use of triclosan.
A15 Opinions on Mercury Risk White House staff members played down the toxic effects of mercury while working with Environmental Protection Agency officials to write regulations for coal-fired power plants over several recent months, some scientists say.
Police Chief Jack F. Harris, who has been outspoken in warning of the dangers of major police involvement in immigration enforcement, said he endorsed the policy, would write regulations for it and put it into place within three months.
PAGE A12 Mercury Risk Softened White House staff members deleted or modified information on the toxic effects of mercury when writing regulations for coal-fired power plants, documents and e-mail messages show.
