But during its first year, the company met those standards only 39 percent of the time.

The company will meet launch costs of some £2.5 million.

He added that the government had not been very successful in making companies meet those obligations.

In recent weeks, the companies have met with federal officials to try to resolve the issue.

The company has met at least twice with federal environmental officials since Sept. 11.

About a dozen companies met in Chicago to respond to that action.

The two companies have been meeting all week about a possible deal.

But the standards were voluntary and many companies did not meet them.

A billion dollars later, the companies have not met that goal.

This means that the company met its production guidance last year.