Puerto Rican agency threatens to deny permit to U.S. Navy

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8.56 p.m. ET (058 GMT) August 18, 1999
By Chris Hawley, Associated Press

...SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rican agency on Wednesday
threatened to deny the U.S. Navy an environmental permit it says is
necessary to resume military exercises on Vieques Island...

...President Clinton has appointed a panel to consider the dispute...