Entry into banking is controlled on the federal level by four agencies: the Comptroller of the Currency (for charters and branches of national banks), the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (for charters and branches of federal savings and loan associations, and via the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation for account insurance for state-chartered savings and loan...
Licensing (Recommendations)
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- Recommendation number: 75-1
- Adopted on: June 6, 1975
- Tags: Bank Regulation, Licensing
- Recommendation number: 73-6
- Adopted on: December 19, 1973
- Tags: Environmental Law, Generic Proceedings, Licensing, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Public Information
The new environmental legislation, especially the National Environmental Policy Act, has imposed on licensing agencies responsibility to consider environmental values in licensing that involves major Federal action significantly affecting the environment. The new responsibility has created new difficulties and has exacerbated old problems for the agencies.
...- Recommendation number: 69-7
- Adopted on: October 22, 1969
- Tags: Environmental Law, Licensing, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Court decisions, notably Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. FPC,[1] have emphasized that in licensing cases the Federal Power Commission must explore and give proper consideration to possible alternatives to the specific plan proposed by the applicant. This principle may in the future be applied to other licensing agencies....