Does it reflect your position toward the other agencies that, in the words of your Deputy, this program should be as lighthanded as possible?
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Light-handed
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On the other hand, lighthanded methods are believed to have more subtle effects on behaviors, often through influencing attitudes, creating knowledge, or manipulating the environment to accomplish desirable ends.
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They are aware that the more light-handed their power, the more effective it is.
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FERC then drew on a potentially significant dictum from Farmers Union II: "Moving from heavy to lighthanded regulation within the boundaries of an unchanged statute can ... be justified by a showing that under current circumstances the goal and purposes of the statute will be accomplished through substantially less regulatory oversight."
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