It set housing quotas for each community and asked them to submit compliance plans.

The definition of what constitutes an effective compliance plan has been elusive.

The company agreed to be placed on probation for three years and institute an environmental compliance plan.

Shortly thereafter, the court required the department to obtain compliance plans for all 18 states.

In an agreement to be filed in federal court in Albany next week, the state will lay out its compliance plan.

Last month, a district court rejected Brown's compliance plan.

Airlines that are not yet fully complying with the rule said they are waiting for the aviation agency to approve their detailed compliance plans.

Nissan, for instance, has a varied compliance plan.

An election shall be submitted to the Administrator for approval, along with a permit application and proposed compliance plan in accordance with section 404.

By the time an appeal is ruled on and a "compliance plan" is submitted, other American officials said, the issue may well be moot.