51.  Federal geologists and New York City environmental officials stressed that the mercury in the fish posed no risk to people drinking the water.

52.  For years, state environmental officials have criticized MCI authorities for ignoring prisoner complaints and failing to warn inmates of potential health hazards because of fears they would riot.

53.  Ford denied that it had failed to honor its warranty obligations and contended it had no duty to report module problems to environmental officials, Warmer said.

54.  He asserted that the two decades-old controversy should be resolved by federal environmental officials.

55.  His father, Norbert Singer, is a businessman and his mother, Grace, is an environmental activist and former state environmental official.

56.  In reality, however, environmental officials say they rarely fine anyone who has picked up a turtle.

57.  In recent weeks, environmental officials in Pennsylvania and Connecticut have made overtures to the major car makers, softening their original positions and signaling a willingness to compromise.

58.  In the movie, Steven Seagal stars as a federal environmental official pursuing a corporation illegally dumping toxic waste in an abandoned coal mine.

59.  It has been alternately described as bitter and chlorinelike, or reminiscent of pungent household pesticides, environmental officials said.

60.  It could fill with volatile vapors seeping into it from the oil- and gas-contaminated site, state environmental officials said Tuesday.