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EXHIBIT MERRILL, SEELEY, MULLEN, SANDEFUR, INC. Schedule of Charges EFFECTIVE JANUARY I ~87 The method of establishing the fee far our services is as set forth in Manual No. 45c of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Unless other arrangements have been made, charges far all work including projects in progress will be based on the most recent schedule of charges. Charges are divided into four categaries: Personnel, Outside Services, Equipment Rental, and Tests. PERS(]FI4EL= Personnel charges are far technical work. Charges are made far technical typing as in the preparation of raparts and far the time and costs of printing as in the production of reports. Direct charges are not made far secretarial service~ office management, accounting, and maintenance since these items are included in overhead. Cost includes direct payroll costs, payroll taxes, vacation, holidays, sick leave, retirement~ and employee insurance. Current personnel rates are as follows: Personnel Hourly Cost Expert Witness ................................. $ 135.00 Principal ..................................... 92.00 5eniar Field Engineer ............................ 75.00 Project Engineer or Geologist ...................... 75.00 Field Engineer ................................. 62.00 Staff Engineer or Geologist ........................ 53.00 Labaratary/Field Assistant ........................ /~5.00 Graphics ..................... 40.00 The minimum time charged far court appearance as an expert witness will be z~ hours. Preparation far a court case will be charged at hourly rates. Time spent in travel in the interest of the client will be charged at hourly rates except that no more than 8 hours of travel time will be charged in any day. When it is necessary far an employee to be away from the office overnight~ actual costs of, ar a negotiate~:l_ rate far, living expenses will be charged. A multiplier of 1.20 will be applied to all personnel expenses. OUTSIDE SERVICES: Drilling, bulldozing, trenching and similar contract work in connection with exploration on which we administer a subcontract will be charged at the cost rate x !.20. Other outside services and equipment rental items will be charged at the billing ar cost rate times 1.20. Common items to which this multiplier applies include: equipment rental, printing and photographic work, computer time purchases, special insurance~ outside consultants~ travel and transpartation, and long distance communication. EQUIPMENT RENTAL Field Instrumentation Seismology Equipment Geaphysical Equipment Geology Equipment USE CHARGES QUOTED ON REQUEST