If the agency withholds the permits until an environmental impact statement is issued, Ms. Benstock said, her group and others will watchdog the process.
But in the too-big-to-fail era, the watchdog's slow process is an unneeded deterrent to the sector's small institutions.
Although officials said neither the governor nor her husband were involved in the grant process, watchdog groups raised the issue of a possible conflict of interest.
"D.E.C. will serve as a watchdog throughout this process to ensure that E.P.A. uses sound science at every step, protects local communities along the river during each phase, and gives all interested parties a fair hearing," Mr. Cahill said.
The Electoral Commission of Kenya, the watchdog of the process, has its hands full in preparing for the biggest election in the country's history, on Dec. 27, to replace the longtime president, Daniel arap Moi.
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The following day the peace-process watchdog, the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC), confirmed that those who beat Paul Quinn to death last month across the border from south Armagh were IRA members "past or present, or associates".
"As representatives of the Valley's corporate community, we felt we had an obligation to be watchdogs in this process," said Sandy Paris, a co-chair of VICA's Special Reorganization Task Force.
"As representatives of the Valley's corporate community, we felt we had an obligation to be watchdogs in this process," said Sandy Paris, a co-chair of the group's special reorganization task force.
