The NGO points to the national planning policy framework which states: "Permission should not be given for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable, or can be made so by planning conditions or obligations; or if not, it provides national, local or community benefits which clearly outweigh the likely impacts to justify the grant of planning permission".
The Town of Brookhaven is seeking state permission for a major new expansion of a town landfill in Yaphank that is being clogged by construction and demolition debris.
Mr. Suozzi voiced high hopes for extra federal aid, and the next target is getting state permission for Nassau to install red light cameras, raise traffic ticket fees and increase cigarette taxes.
San Diego County's effort to obtain state permission for private companies to run a jail or probation camp appears headed into a solid wall of opposition in the Legislature.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Responsibility lies with the UK Government, who state that permission for rendition flights would only ever be granted if the UK government was satisfied that the rendition would accord with UK laws and our international obligations.
Burgett, a maverick rose farmer, poked holes around the valley in the 1970s, often without state permission, looking for the hottest spot.
PPL had filed an application in June 2000 for state permission to build the plant but immediately met local opposition.
So, knowing that his days are numbered, Mr. Holmes decided last month to apply for state permission to obtain lethal medication under the law that makes Oregon the only state in the nation to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Mr. Hardick said that when the divers were unable to find a hospital willing to take the chamber they decided to build an addition to their cement-block headquarters in Milford, about 70 miles west of the ocean, and apply for state permission to operate it.
Pacific Bell on Wednesday formally applied for state permission to sell long-distance phone service in California, culminating three years of hearings, filings and skirmishes with competitors.
A day after receiving state permission to gather signatures for a proposed ballot measure to ease California's three-strikes sentencing law, the sponsors say they plan to change it.
