21.   The bill also orders the department to stagger the schedule of annual inspections to better gauge day-to-day living conditions.

22.   The best defense, experts say, is annual inspection by a heating contractor or a technician from the local gas utility.

23.   The company sends out notices with its bills, urging its customers to have annual inspections.

24.   The company must also station specially trained personnel at each factory to oversee operations, and hire outside consultants to conduct annual inspections.

25.   The code also provides for annual inspections by independent geotechnical engineers.

26.   The FAA acknowledged that it often informs companies like Emery in advance when annual inspections occur so the people responsible for hazardous materials will be available to investigators.

27.   The FAA conducted the annual inspection of America West in July.

28.   The federal Health Care Financing Administration, which administers the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, contracts with states to conduct annual inspections.

29.   The heart of the program would be a painstaking annual inspection of U.S. nuclear warheads to ensure that they are safe and would work if ever needed.

30.   The EPA says annual inspections would improve compliance.