BEC情景对话：Environmental Regulations

Dialogue 1

A: What's holding us back on the plant expansion project? We were supposed to see the specs on that ages ago. Why haven't I heard anything about it? Did the whole project just vanish into thin air?

B: No, sir.  The plant expansion project has been delayed. There was a snag up in the fling process to get the necessary construction permits. It seemed that the property we were slated to build on is also habitat for some endangered indigenous species. 

A: You're joking,  right? No wonder we've been tied up with this project.  I know the environmental impact statement will take forever to get approval if they've found anything endangered on the site.  Are they positive there is evidence of endangered species actually living there?

B:  The environmental review board has a team on it now. Hopefully we'll know more by the end of the week. 

Dialogue 2

A: We've got to get our emissions in shape.  We're still putting out more carcinogens into the atmosphere than is allowed by federal standards.  If we get censured one more time,  they will slap us with a heavy fine. 

B: We’re only overshooting the pollution quotient by a fraction of percent.  It's really not as bad as you say. 

A:  You're missing the point.  If our levels are above that which is allowed.  We're breaking the law,  it doesn't matter how much or how little we are over.  The fact is we are over the allowed emission standard. The environmental regulations are not flexible.  They give us a standard,  and we have to meet it,  or else. 

B:  When are they taking another survey of our pollution output?

A:  We've got until next summer to clean up our act.