EXHIBIT 10(n)



                       FIRST AMENDMENT
                            TO THE
              CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                    EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
Executive Severance Plan, as restated December 17, 1998, (the "Plan") is
made pursuant to the authority under Section 17 of the Plan for the
Board of Directors to amend the Plan and with the consent of each
Participant, as set forth on each Participant's limited waiver agreement
with Crown Central Petroleum Corporation, dated December 17, 2000.

I.     Section 1 of the Plan is amended by adding a new
       subsection (t) thereto as follows:

            (t)     "Rosemore Merger" shall mean all
       transactions contemplated by and which occur as the
       result of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
       December 17, 2000, among Rosemore, Inc., Rosemore
       Acquisition Corporation ("RAC") and the Company, whereby
       RAC will be merged with and into the Company, and the
       Company will be the surviving corporation, and become a
       wholly owned subsidiary of Rosemore, Inc.

II.    Section 1 of the Plan is amended by adding a new
       subsection (u) thereto as follows:

            (u)     "Waivers" shall mean the limited waiver
       agreements between the Company and each Executive, dated
       December 17, 2000.

III.   Section 17(c) of the Plan is amended in its entirety as
       follows:

          (c)     No amendment or termination that would
       adversely affect an Executive shall be effective with
       respect to any existing Executive until 24 months after
       approval of the amendment or termination by the Board,
       unless the Executive expressly consents to the amendment
       or termination in writing.

IV.    The Plan is amended by adding a new Section 18 as
       follows:

       Section 18.      ROSEMORE MERGER

            Pursuant to the Waivers, the Company and Executive
       agree that the Rosemore Merger constitutes a Change of
       Control for all purposes of the Plan, except as otherwise
       provided below:

                  (a)     The provisions of Section 2(a)(iv),
            regarding the funding of SRI Benefits, shall not
            become effective as a result of the Rosemore Merger.

                  (b)     After the Rosemore Merger, but prior
            to any subsequent Change of Control, an event that
            would otherwise constitute Good Reason in Section
            1(k)(i) or (ii) shall not constitute Good Reason, if
            such event is a result of: (i) the Company becoming
            a private company or (ii) a change in the person or
            persons to

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            whom the Executive reports, provided that
            the different person or persons to whom the
            Executive reports is a senior executive of the
            Company.

                  (c)     After the Rosemore Merger, a reduction
            in the Executive's welfare benefits shall not
            constitute Good Reason under Section 1(k)(iii),
            provided the reduction is the reduction in medical
            plan benefits applicable to all employees of the
            Company to the extent set forth in the October 2000
            Strategic Benefit Plans Review of the Company.

                  (d)     If, as a result of the Company
            entering into processing agreements, joint ventures,
            or similar transactions, the Company's economic
            interests in the aggregate refining output is
            reduced to less than 80,000 barrels per day for any
            period, such reduction shall not constitute a Change
            of Control for purposes of Section 1(d)(vi),
            provided the Company retains responsibility for
            staffing and operating its refineries.

V.   Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Plan
     shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are
     hereby confirmed in all respects.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this First Amendment to
the Plan to be executed as of ----------, 2001.


                         CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION



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