A preliminary decision could come as soon as the middle of next week.
The preliminary decision to build it has been made, and detailed planning is being done, including the choice of a route.
It is not clear how quickly the board's preliminary decision could become final.
The service was allowed to go ahead after a favorable preliminary decision last fall.
"There has not even been a preliminary decision," a senior Government official said.
The agency said it would make a preliminary decision by the end of 2000 and a final decision in mid-2001.
A preliminary decision on the complaint is expected to be issued tomorrow.
The state began a new study and in a preliminary decision came down against backfilling.
In preliminary decisions, it has rejected all of the holding company's claims.
And then, having made some preliminary decisions, I moved forward again.