Mr. Kan said that Chubu Electric would be asked to strengthen its defenses before a restart could be authorized.
There are five different legal ways within Spanish law that a referendum could be authorized.
The charter schools could be authorized by either the State Board of Regents or the State University of New York.
Senator Levin's amendment called for United Nations approval before force could be authorized.
In Yoo's opinion, he wrote that at Guantánamo cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment of detainees could be authorized, with few restrictions.
Employees on reduced schedules could be authorized to collect partial unemployment insurance; Congress could give tax breaks to firms that enact work redistribution.
If that antiterrorism system were expanded to include piracy and ships were armed, Mr. Parker said, captains could be authorized to take greater measures.
In New Jersey, the State Department of Environmental Protection could be authorized as early as next spring to grant permission to municipalities, farmers, golf courses and others to reduce the goose populations.
It took more than a week after the explosion for the homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, to declare, on April 29, "a spill of national significance" a legal categorization that was needed before certain federal assistance could be authorized.
But Mr. Borloo and Mr. Bussereau said that the French emphasized Wednesday at a meeting of the intergovernmental committee "the absolute necessity for exhaustive studies" before distributed traction trains could be authorized.
