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          recyclers that the Partnerships leased and licensed.5  For                  
          convenience we refer to the series of transactions among PI, ECI            
          Corp., F & G Corp., each of the Partnerships, FMEC Corp., and PI            
          as the Partnership transactions.  In addition to the Partnership            
          transactions, a number of other limited partnerships entered into           
          transactions similar to the Partnership transactions, also                  
          involving Sentinel EPE recyclers and Sentinel expanded                      
          polystyrene recyclers.  We refer to these collectively as the               
          Plastics Recycling transactions.                                            
          B.  The Partnerships                                                        
               SAB Recycling and SAB Reclamation are New York limited                 
          partnerships that were organized and promoted in 1982 by Stuart             
          Becker (Becker), a certified public accountant (C.P.A.) and the             
          founder and principal owner of Stuart Becker & Co., P.C. (Becker            
          Co.), an accounting firm that specialized in tax matters.  Becker           
          organized a total of six recycling partnerships (the SAB                    
          recycling partnerships).  Two of the SAB recycling partnerships             
          closed in late 1981, two closed in early 1982, and two more                 
          closed in late 1982.                                                        




          5    According to the offering memoranda, SAB Reclamation was to            
          lease and license eight recyclers and SAB Recycling was to lease            
          and license seven recyclers.  However, the SAB Reclamation                  
          partnership tax return for 1982 indicates that it leased and                
          licensed only four recyclers.                                               





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