The new rule also allows the federal government to consult state officials on any regional scientific concerns.

Others, in view of the high cost of shipping water, are often regional concerns, many privately held.

"We expect local, regional and national concerns to participate," he said.

And politicians of all stripes go against their party leaders, on occasion, to address regional concerns.

What to do about high electric rates remains near the top of regional concerns, as it has for years.

Deeper reasons lie in the traditional relationship between the two countries and regional concerns.

These include regional concerns that may have an opportunity for faster growth because their basic operations are still relatively small.

Iran's nuclear weapon programme is cause for enormous regional and international concern.

The reform to be undertaken must in particular take into account our economic, social, cultural, regional and environmental concerns.

If other important practical, national and regional concerns have been dealt with in addition to this, the matter is a really coherent one.