Both sides have submitted briefs and are awaiting a decision.
All sides gave evidence and await the inspector's recommendations.
Both sides are still awaiting the outcome of an arbitration decision that is due before Oct. 18.
Both sides are now awaiting the results of an environmental study.
Both sides are awaiting the selection of a three-member arbitration panel to review the appeal.
Both sides are awaiting a state-mandated environmental impact statement.
Had the settlement not been negotiated, both sides would have presented their cases in court and awaited a separate verdict.
Both sides are awaiting decisive signals from the Bush administration.
Meanwhile, both sides are anxiously awaiting an arbitrator's decision, which could come as soon as today.
The tension in the room mounted, as each side awaited a move from the other.