The cars have been cleared to drive in four states in the US, and UK legislators have also given permission for tests of autonomous vehicles.
Pharmacologists who believe salvia could open new frontiers for the treatment of addiction, depression and pain fear that its criminalization would make it burdensome to obtain and store the plant, and difficult to gain government permission for tests on human subjects.
The site already has planning permission for test drilling, although the company behind the plans, Cuadrilla Resources, says Balcombe is not in its current plans.
In Germany, where there is a fierce debate over whether to pass a law laying down rules for testing carbon dioxide storage, companies like Vattenfall, a Swedish utility, face a long and uncertain wait for permission to test the suitability of burial sites.
However, Eggleston said Xcel wants to get permission for performance testing for an entire year, through April 2011.
Permission for DNA testing, which could put the matter to rest, has been denied by the Polish government.
Permission for anonymous testing of these samples fulfilled the terms of the ethical code "Goed Gebruik" of the Netherlands Federation of Medical Scientific Societies (Federa).
Ethical permission for such testing on adolescents would require assurances that no harm would occur to them from spinal 'overloading'overloading
The permission for genetic testing was granted by the Ethical Committee at Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology on 9 May 2002 (No. 28/2002) and further extended to include testing with NGS on 11 June 2013 (No. 28/2002/1/2013).
