21.   Hancock said the Perata bill would be a first step by establishing a new water transit authority that would take on detailed planning responsibilities, including environmental assessments.

22.   He said the TNRCC staff issued an environmental assessment that concluded the license should be granted.

23.   He said the Park Service did not think that environmental assessments would be needed for the hundreds of research permits granted for purely academic work.

24.   If the environmental assessment is approved after public hearings, the logging could be conducted this summer and fall.

25.   In February, after President Bush took office, the Montana office of the BLM published an environmental assessment for Anschutz to explore in Weatherman Draw.

26.   In its expedited environmental assessment, the Energy Department said it did not expect significant emissions from either Mexican plant.

27.   Interior Department chief Bruce Babbitt comments on the draft environmental assessment of oil drilling at the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

28.   It asks a judge to order an environmental assessment before any Mexican trucks are allowed farther than designated border zones where they currently drop off cargo.

29.   It was halted last month by a court injunction when native groups argued an environmental assessment is needed.

30.   Lamberth agreed that an environmental assessment was needed.