41.   Environmental officials in Albany say that without knowing just what California will do, they do not know what effect this will have on them.

42.   Environmental officials in California were also surprised by the growing contamination problem.

43.   Environmental officials predicted it will shock shippers into substantially increasing safety procedures.

44.   Environmental officials reported widespread sewage spills and thousands of dead fish in the Cape Fear River.

45.   Federal and state environmental officials fear that House-approved budget cuts will cripple efforts to enforce environmental laws.

46.   Federal environmental officials have agreed to allow a million additional tons of lightly tainted mud to be disposed of at the old dump site before next September.

47.   Federal environmental officials said they were optimistic about a resolution of the long-festering dispute.

48.   Federal environmental officials are discussing designating the area a superfund site, which would mean GE could be forced to spend millions on clean up.

49.   Federal environmental officials point to Chicago, Buffalo and Trenton as some of the cities most aggressively pursuing cleanup deals.

50.   Federal environmental officials, concerned about the endangered songbird, say that certain cedar trees in Texas should be reserved for the birds.