11.   Other proposed cuts in energy conservation and environmental enforcement also have Republican champions who are swing voters in a Congress where Republican control is precarious.

12.   Sasse is a reluctant critic of federal environmental enforcement.

13.   The New England region, however, is a battleground over a new approach to environmental enforcement, one that is gaining currency nationally.

14.   The legislation against unfunded mandates was in some major part a gimmick for making the federal costs of national environmental enforcement insupportably large.

15.   The suit is one of the largest environmental enforcement actions in U.S. history.

16.   The two sides are deeply divided, particularly over spending for the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly, education aid and environmental enforcement.

17.   Establish cooperation among governments for environmental enforcement and technology exchange.

18.   Environmental enforcement remains spotty.

19.   In contrast, the Clinton EPA frequently clashed with states over environmental enforcement.

20.   Leonard Reed, assistant director of environmental enforcement at the Planning and Natural Resources Department, said they posed no health threat.