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Dr. Corley probably came to the Pre-Bid meeting out-of-sorts, and was worried that we had not been successful at having another contractor satisfy his concerns in the West Pit. The introduction at the Corley Ranch gate went without incident. The contractors signed the Attendance lists and Dr. Corley talked with Phil Kessler and his co-workers. We drove on the Tipple Access Road to a point east of the Orphan Pit. I walked the contractors over the site, and discussed the safety issues associated with the underground fire and the fact that we wanted to minimize the disturbance at the site. Dr. Corley anecdotically emphasized the dangers of working above the fire. An operator asked about the feasibility of returning to the site during the next week to confirm yardages. Dr. Corley indicated that he was unwilling to have anyone on the property due to liability concerns. A man with the Colorado School of Mines came over to ask some questions about the work area. In responding to his concerns, I got behind the contractors returning to their trucks. Dr. Corley was waiting for me when I joined the end of the group. "What about that large tire?", he asked. I indicated that it was not within the scope of work as described on the bid document. "It's G.E.C.'s tire," he responded. I reminded him that he had reviewed the bid document and had an opportunity to comment on it. We had accommodated a number of his concerns already, as long as we could be sure that the work was attributable to G.E.C. I didn't know if it was G.E.C.'s tire. It was adjacent to the Double Dick Mine shop. I also knew that if he had reason to believe that I would pursue any housekeeping request that he made, that the job would quickly expand beyond the scope of the original project. In addition, it appeared that he had conveniently forgotten that we were only going to perform reclamation on G.E.C.- related disturbance. I returned to my truck, where Tom was seated. We told Dr. Corley that it was inappropriate to modify the scope of work during the Pre-Bid meeting. We told him that we wanted to get on with the meeting, as there were fifteen contractors at the site. He had a heated exchange with Tom, since Tom was calling him Corley, and he wanted to be called Dr. Corley. "What about the material adjacent to the road?", he asked. I indicated that coal would be picked up from the road, it would be ripped and seeded, and that was the extent of road reclamation, as described in the bid package. It was my impression that the material adjacent to the road was not attributable to G.E.C. He asked us to leave the property. I reminded him that he had gone to the Board to expedite reclamation of Section 24, and that he should reconsider his position. "I don't want this job done if it isn't going to be done right." We drove half-a-mile away to the next Pre-Bid Meeting parking location.