41.   Once the FCC sets a public comment period on license applications, that will open the proceedings for Cox to negotiate, he said.

42.   One by one, the department has proposed standards and, after a comment period, has approved final rules.

43.   Once the comment period closes, BATF officials will study all the information and make a decision.

44.   Seeing so much concern, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman decided last week not to propose a final rule after the comment period closes, Marman said.

45.   Some of that pressure was evident Friday, during the public comment period that preceded the vote.

46.   Some of the opponents contend that the commission was rushing the comment period in an effort to complete its work before a new president took office in January.

47.   That comment period expired in January.

48.   That comment period will not end until August.

49.   That proposal is still in the public comment period.

50.   The act requires a public comment period for all consent decrees and approval by a judge, who must rule that the settlement is in the public interest.