By Federal standards, a system with 500 or more customers is considered large.

Measures were taken to bring the safety to federal standards.

But many services do not meet Federal standards for quality or operating hours.

"There needs to be a list of federal standards, and they can't come out after you have bought all the equipment."

But without such reviews, the public can never be sure whether company plans meet federal standards.

In many cases, the reports say, federal standards were "not met."

American beaches are not required to meet either an international or a Federal standard.

In 1998, a $19 million project was begun to bring the bridge up to federal standards.

However, individual state laws do not always conform to the federal standard.

By Federal standards, the budget of the arts endowment is small.