41.   Agency officials have said that unless more money is provided, thousands of workers will be permanently laid off in May, crippling the EPA this summer.

42.   Agency officials in Atlanta and Boston say they are doing everything they can to help, but this reunion will take time.

43.   Agency officials in Washington and some experts say immigrants are moving away from traditional drawing points such as Texas and the Southwest.

44.   Agency officials noted that they were sometimes accused of setting emissions rules that were too stringent, but that the study seemed to say they might be too lax.

45.   Agency officials refused to discuss their decision in public.

46.   Agency officials said Telephone Electronics had reduced its original demand.

47.   Agency officials said that a final decision in the matter could be months away.

48.   Agency officials said that in a few cases, elements of the new approach had already been used to decide how to treat one chemical or another.

49.   Agency officials said that the new rule offered simplicity and certainty and would recover for taxpayers part of the commercial value of the spectrum.

50.   Agency officials said the limits being imposed by Congress are not out of line.