After notice$-$and$-$comment rulemaking, the U$.$S$.$ Bureau of Land Management $($BLM:$)$ issues a new rule and applies it to Longhorn Cattle Company. Longhorn appeals the application to a federal court. The court will most likely defer to the BLM$\text{'}$s interpretation of

A

fact and law

B

fact only

C

law only

D

neither fact nor law