EXHIBIT 3.17

                           CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

                                      OF

                              EMPIRE STATE I, LLC


     1.  The name of the limited liability company is Empire State I, LLC.

     2.  The address of the registered office in the state of Delaware is
Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle. The name of its registered agent is The Corporation Trust
Company.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of
Formation of Empire State I, LLC this 14th day of October, 1998.



                      Empire State I, LLC
                         By:  Northeast Restoration Company, LLC, Member
                         By:  LandBank Environmental Properties, LLC,
                                Managing Member
                         By:  LandBank, Inc., Managing Member



                         By:    /s/ James M. Redwine
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                                    James M. Redwine
                                    Assistant Secretary