1.   An environmental impact statement is being drafted, and the Clinton administration has been putting up other barriers to the development.

2.   An environmental impact statement would have to be approved by the federal Bureau of Land Management, an approval that environmental groups have vowed to fight in court.

3.   And the tribes are considering a lawsuit in federal court contending that federal agencies did not prepare an adequate environmental impact statement when they approved the new pit.

4.   And while the number of factories rises, Mexico in October changed its regulations so that companies are no longer required to file detailed environmental impact statements.

5.   Another opponent is Lee Wordsman, a scientist who writes environmental impact statements for a living.

6.   As required by law whenever federal property is transferred, the Air Force produced an environmental impact statement.

7.   A round of public hearings in Arizona and New Mexico has been scheduled on a draft environmental impact statement.

8.   After four years of effort, the Park Service recently published a draft environmental impact statement.

9.   Businesses commission the required environmental impact statements, and the government board that evaluates them often cannot afford to hire experts to do a thorough job.

10.   But the impact statement omits the cost of transportation improvements, and thereby understates the full cost of the projects to taxpayers by several hundred million dollars.