31.   A fourth company, Ontario Hydro, is still awaiting FERC approval.

32.   A Dutch-owned company, Andalex Resources, is awaiting approval to construct a huge coal-mining operation in the heart of this largely roadless area.

33.   A long-term contract is awaiting approval by the White House, Yulish said.

34.   A major complaint of American exporters is that while they await license approval, foreign competitors can close deals.

35.   A Menlo Park, Calif., company called VIVUS is awaiting FDA approval on a system called MUSE, which pumps soft, medicated pellets into the urethra.

36.   After the expected approval of Ciba shareholders tomorrow, the two companies have to await regulatory approval between May and August, after which the merger can be completed.

37.   After years of delay, Nabi still awaits federal approval for its giant drug manufacturing plant being built at its headquarters off Congress Avenue.

38.   All distributions await final approval of the Department of Trade and Industry.

39.   But that plan, which has not satisfied Botanical Garden officials, awaits approval by the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing the proposal on environmental grounds.

40.   But the standards have been delayed several years as they awaited approval by the board of education, and so the development of the test has been delayed.