81.   Fully a decade earlier, they had received a study from a Japanese researcher that raised troubling questions about the federal standards.

82.   Government data show that two-thirds of nursing homes in the United States are not fully complying with federal standards.

83.   Had the federal standard listed the chemicals, sodium hydrosulfite and aluminum powder, the fines could have run into the millions, Zoldan said.

84.   Harkin, who introduced the bill, said both the EPA and the Agriculture Department should develop and regulate federal standards for animal waste disposal.

85.   Growing numbers of power-plant operators now see some sort of restrictions as inevitable, and would prefer one federal standard to a patchwork of confusing regulations.

86.   He disagreed with those who oppose the imposition of a federal standard for filing stock fraud suits in state courts.

87.   He demanded that the EPA allow his state to devise a better plan to meet federal standards.

88.   He said that the bill was good for Montana and that he trusted state officials to take care of poor people in the absence of federal standards.

89.   He said the new federal standards provide the only meaningful route to appropriately higher energy efficiency for appliances.

90.   He refused to identify the institution, adding that it still met federal standards for capital adequacy.