11.   Mexican plants operating near the border are required to send wastes back to the country where the raw materials for manufacturing originated.

12.   Most of their concern stems from massive, coal-fired electricity plants operating near Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

13.   Now the economy is operating near capacity.

14.   Staples, the office superstore retailer, said it had closed two stores it operates near the World Trade Center.

15.   The American economy will operate near full employment as long as Federal Reserve and budgetary policies remain sensible.

16.   The claim was absurd then and remains absurd today, as is obvious to anyone who notes that the economy is operating near full employment.

17.   The company is now reviewing factories to try to boost productivity by retraining workers, changing plant layouts and operating factories near their capacities, he said.

18.   The Crow Creek Mine still operates near the village of Girdwood.

19.   The decision came three decades after officials began searching for a site to replace the current airport, which is operating at near capacity.

20.   The jets attacked ground forces operating near the center of Kosovo, NATO and Pentagon officials said, declining to identify what was struck.