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EXHIBIT M E R R I L L, S E E L E Y, MULLEN, SANDEFUR, INC. CONSL, LT'!'i"i, (~(~TE?H~,j!rC~[_ ENG!NEERS & GEOLOGISTS Schedule of Charges "'"' .... EFFECTIVE AUGUST i ~85 The meth~ of establi~ing t~ fee for our services is as ~t forth in Manual No. 45c of t~ American 5~iety of Civil Engineers. Unless other arrangements have b~n made~ charges for all work including projects in pr~ress will be b~ed on the most recent ~hedule of charges. Charges are divided into four categories= Per~nnel~ Outside 5ervices~ Equipment Rental~ and Tests. PE~~ Personnel charges are for technical work. Charges are made for technical typing as in the preparation of reports and for the time and costs of printing as in the pr~ti~ of report~ Direr charges are not made for s~retarial service~ office management~ accounting~ a~ maintenance since the~ items are i~l~ in overhead. Cost i~ludes direct payroll costs~ payroll taxes~ vacation~ holidays~ sick leave~ retirement~ and employee insurance. Current personnel rates are as follows: P~~I ~rly ~t Expert Witne~ ................................. S 125.~ Principal ..................................... ~ 85.~ Senior Field Engineer ............................ 73.~ Proj~t Engi~er or Geologist ...................... 5 67.~ Field Engineer ................................. ~ 58.~ Staff Engi~er or Geologist ........................ 48.~ L~oratory/Field Assistant ........................ ~ 40.~ · Graphics ..................... ~ 35.~ ..................... zT. Court appearance as an expert witness will be charged at a rate of ~1~0.00 per day~ plus expenses. The full day rate will be the minimum charge for any portion. of a day. Preparati~ for a court case will be c~rged at regular 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 n~es~ry for an employ~ to be away from the office overnight~ actual costs of~ or a negotiated rate for~ living expends will be charged. A multiplier of 1.20 will be applied to all personnel expenses. O~51~ ~RVI~: Drilling, bulldozing~ trenching and similar contract work in connection with exploration on which we administer o subcontract will be charged at the cost rate times 1.20. Other outside services and equipment rental items will be charged at the billing or cost rate times 1.20. Common items to which this multiplier applies include: equipment rentair printing and photographic work, computer time purchases, ~iai insurance~ outside consultants~ travel and transportation~ and long distance communication. EQUetNT ~T~ Field Instrumentation Seismology Equipment Ceophysical Equipment Geology Equipment ~ ~~ Q~D ~ ~Q~T