1.   And the corps promised to consult formally with other federal agencies, under the Endangered Species Act, about how it was carrying out the nationwide permit program.

2.   A voluntary permit program, if approved by the Legislature, would enlist still more grandfathered plants, he said.

3.   In addition, the city needs to reconfigure its permit program, which has long been confusing, unfair and ineffective.

4.   Instead, the agency said, it is an inducement to persuade states to adopt a permit program that meets nationwide standards.

5.   The action by the House panel came amid indications that lawmakers will consider how to strengthen the pollution-reducing potential of a voluntary permit program for grandfathered plants.

6.   Enron has one facility that benefited from the voluntary permit program.

7.   Information obtained in the temporary permit program could possibly be used in individual cases, Strassberger said.