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perspective. The horizontal dimension test involves an industry- <br />wide perspective and "the test is whether the post-petition <br />transaction is of a type that other similar businesses would <br />engage in as ordinary business." The vertical dimension test <br />examines the debtor's pre-petition activities with post-petition <br />activities to analyze the debtor's history with respect to the <br />proposed activities. Generally, only extraordinary activities <br />which differ from those which may be expected to take place need <br />be brought to the attention of creditors and the court. <br />In the present case, the Debtor proposes to use its property <br />to employ an engineering firm, Remcor, Inc., to conduct a study <br />of several sites at which the Debtor may share some potential <br />liability for remediation costs. It is certain that other Steel <br />Companies (and large companies of every description) have <br />requested the same type of service. Furthermore, CF&I has <br />employed Remcor in the past, as set forth in the Motion, to <br />conduct a study of the Cherry Farm site. Thus, it is possible <br />that the proposed use of property is within the ordinary course <br />of business of the Debtor. <br />Even were the proposed use not within the ordinary course of <br />its business, the Debtor believes that it can make the requisite <br />showing that the proposed use of property should be allowed. <br />See In re James A. Phillips, Inc., 29 Bankr. 391 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) <br />(court decides that in certain instances where ordinary course is <br />difficult to interpret, safe course is to give notice). <br />3 <br />