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Even though Remcor's work is important to the estate, the <br />work does not involve the administration of the debtor's estate. <br />Remcor w:ill have no discretion with respect to the path the <br />Debtor's chapter it case will follow. Remcor's work is limited <br />to the technical analysis of the Four Sites. See Fretheim, at <br />299. Hence, under the standard set forth in Seatrain and Johns- <br />Manville, employment under Section 327 is not required for <br />Remcor. <br />Furthermore, Remcor will perform specified tasks for a <br />specified fee. Because the fee arrangement is not open-ended, <br />there is less need for judicial supervision or approval of the <br />fees paid to Remcor and less need for the applications of the <br />provisions of sections 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code. <br />Also, due to the Motion, the employment contract between the <br />debtor and Remcor is before the court and has been distributed to <br />creditors. Accordingly, another safeguard of section 327 is met <br />by such scrutiny of the employment contract and opportunity for <br />objection. <br />~ The one exception to the fixed nature of Remcor's fees <br />relates to judicial or administrative testimony Remcor ma.y be <br />called upon to deliver, such as testimony at a deposition. In <br />the case of such testimony, the Agreement provides that P:emcor <br />will be compensated at a time and materials basis in accordance <br />with Remcor's then current rate schedule. The Debtor believes <br />that any such testimony by Remcor should constitute but a. small <br />additional amount in comparison to the fee charged by Remcor for <br />the prep~iration of the evaluation of the Four Sites. <br />6 <br />