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Benefit Act (the "Coal Act"), which was enacted October 24, <br />1992 as part of the Energy Policy Act. The Coal Act <br />established February 1, 1993 as the date the Combined Fund <br />and the 1992 Plan were to assume their full statutory duties. <br />2. The purpose of the Estimation Order was to <br />determine the priority, for <br />cases, to be given certain <br />Coal Act. In January 1993, <br />Estimation Order were being <br />parties, most provisions of <br />effective, and the Combined <br />yet fully operational. <br />purposes <br />potential <br />when the <br />consider <br />the Coal <br />Fund and <br />of CF&I's bankruptcy <br />claims arising under the <br />issues underlying the <br />ad by the Court and the <br />Act had not become <br />the 1992 Plan were not <br />3. Although the Coal Act was new, and the Combined <br />Fund and the 1992 Plan had yet to become fully operational, <br />the Bankruptcy Court was required to address and decide very <br />quickly the question of the priority to be accorded to the <br />potential Coal Act claims, in order to facilitate <br />implementation of CF&I's plan of reorganization that had been i <br />years in the making. The Court therefore had no choice but <br />to rule on the issues underlying the Estimation Order in an <br />expedited manner. Moreover, before they were fully <br />operational, the Combined Fund and the 1992 Plan had no <br />choice but to attempt to advocate their positions regarding <br />the appropriate priority for Coal Act claims under strict <br />time constraints. <br />3 <br />