The companies maintain that they have complied with state laws requiring them to compensate homeowners and protect the environment.

Representative Carson has proposed federal legislation for a voluntary buyout, which would compensate homeowners and renters for comparable property elsewhere.

After the fall of communism in Romania, the state has tried to compensate homeowners and enterprise owners who could not recover their houses, industries, or lands.

The federal government will be asked to pay the $12 billion cost of compensating homeowners who lost their houses.

Political leaders from this region are pushing proposals in Parliament that would compensate homeowners if their property is condemned as a result of a marnière.

Free access to a Compensation fund which will pay out bona fide claims to compensate homeowners where traders fail to live up to their promises.

Mr. Powell said $1 billion of that money would be sufficient to compensate homeowners outside the flood plain who did not have flood insurance.

Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky's proposal to compensate displaced homeowners at a rate of 150 percent makes sense, but needs to go further.

Endicott officials think the payments will help revive the village, compensate homeowners for lost real estate values and allow residents to improve their homes, creating spillover economic benefits.

Though the army says it is prepared to compensate homeowners, residents said they had little hope of getting enough money to rebuild their homes.