We've been hoping and waiting for some forward motion in this case. This has given us a sense that there is a resolution in the matter.

There's no one anymore disturbed by all of this than [superintendent] Mark Henry.

They asked us to go back to the government and seek better conditions. We will not resume until we have a satisfactory set of operating conditions agreed with the government.

We know that the [DEP] staff has been very busy on other things and busy at other meetings because we've been at all the same meetings. This is a very important decision for us, it's important for the state and we want DEP to have ample time to make a thoughtful decision.

We can't say for certain if this will happen. We're still working on a gas-extraction system and looking at how much gas is being generated, what the quality of that gas is and what size project would be appropriate.

The only sorting that would be done is by the customer, and they're usually not patient enough to do that.