71.   The agencies will make presentations in late August and a decision is expected in early September, Krinsky added.

72.   The agency has made some progress, he said.

73.   The agency has never made a special plea, he says.

74.   The agency has not made that list public, but various officials said they had been sending out notices saying activity would be delayed.

75.   The agency is making inroads where it can.

76.   The agency made no judgment about what that identification should be.

77.   The agency made the designation at the request of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

78.   The agency makes billions of dollars of federal loans to cities to help them meet drinking water regulations.

79.   That leaves lawmakers questioning whether the agencies can make decisions quickly, Burns said.

80.   The agency also made several significant changes in its assessment of various parts of the economy.