Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)
- Citation
- Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)
- Parent Document
- Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Effective Date
- 1983-05-12
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The majority's suggestion that this case is analogous to Philadelphia Citizens, supra, 669 F.2d 877 (3d Cir.1982), is surprising. That case involved the response of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to the portions of OBRA that were relevant to that agency. Unlike in the present case, HHS had a strict deadline to meet in preparing regulations--49 days from the enactment of OBRA, which obviously precluded waiting 60 days for public comment. Id. at 883. Moreover, HHS, unlike HUD in the present case, actively sought informal comments from affected parties before issuing its regulations, see id. at 880, gave a lengthy explanation of why public comment was impracticable, see id. at 882 n. 4, and stated that it was "interested in comments and advice regarding changes which should be made" to the published rules, id. The eminent good faith of HHS in attempting to comply with notice-and-comment requirements is in sharp contrast to the conduct of HUD in the present case