Exhibit 3.1(b)
(Filing stamp of the Secretary
of State for Nevada, Nov. 7, 1996)

                                 STATE OF NEVADA
                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                            ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
                           (Limited-Liability Company)
                             Pursuant to NRS 86.221


Secretary of State File No.:        2.  Secretary of State File Date:
         LLC15162-96                         November 6, 1996

Name of Limited-Liability Company:
         American Pacific Trust, LLC

The  Articles  of  Organization  of the  Limited-Liability  Company  are amended
follows: (Complete appropriate sub-section(s)):

A.       The Limited-Liability Company name is changed to:
         Atlantic Pacific Trust, LLC

B:       Other:

C:       The following member(s)___, manager(s)___, managing member(s),
         ___ have withdrawn:

D:       The following member(s)___, manager(s)___, managing member(s)
         ___, have been added:

The latest date upon which the Limited-Liability Company is to dissolve has been
changed to :______________________________
   
Other matters included in the Articles of Organization of the  Limited-Liability
Company  are  amended as  indicated  on the  attached  page(s).  Number of pages
attached:___.

We, the undersigned,  verify that we are the persons who executed this amendment
to the  identified  Limited-Liability  Company,  which  execution is our act and
deed.

/s/ Thomas C. Roddy
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Signature of manager or member  Date
   
/s/ Steven B. Mortensen
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Signature of manager or member  Date

                                                /s/
(Notary seal)                                   --------------------------------
                                                Signature of notary officer
(Stamp of the Secretary 
of State for Nevada, dated Nov. 7, 1996)


                                                                  Exhibit 3.1(b)
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                               Secretary of State
                                    (Nevada)


LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY CHARTER

     I, DEAN HELLER, the Nevada Secretary of State, do hereby certify that
AMERICAN PACIFIC TRUST, LLC did on November 5, 1996, file in this office the
Articles of Organization for a Limited-Liability Company, that said Articles are
now on file and of record in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State, and
further, that said Articles contain the provisions required by the laws
governing Limited- Liability Companies in the State of Nevada.


                                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
                                   hand and affixed the Great Seal of State, at
                                   my office in Carson City, Nevada, on
                                   November 5, 1996.

                                   /s/ Secretary of State

                                   /s/ Certification Clerk







     (Seal of the State of Nevada)











                                                                  Exhibit 3.1(b)


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(Filing stamp of the
Secretary of State for 
Nevada, dated Nov. 5, 1996)

                            Articles of Organization
                            Limited-Liability Company
                              (PURSUANT TO NRS 86)
                                 STATE OF NEVADA
                               Secretary of State

Name of Limited Liability Company:  American Pacific Trust, LLC

Dissolution Date (latest date upon which the company is to dissolve): 
December 31, 2020

Resident Agent:  (designated resident agent and the STREET ADDRESS in Nevada
where process may be served)

Name of Resident Agent:  PARACORP Incorporated

Street Address:  318 North Carson Street, Suite 208, Carson City, NV 89701

Mailing Address (if different):

Right of remaining members of the company to continue the business on the death,
retirement,  resignation,  expulsion,  bankruptcy or  dissolution of a member or
occurrence of any other event which  terminates  the  continued  membership of a
member in the company:

[ X ] YES   [   ] NO

Management: The company shall be managed by [X] manager(s) OR __________members

Names and addresses of manager(s) or members:  (attached additional pages if
necessary)

1. Thomas C. Roddy, P.E., 4750 Kelso Creek Road, Weldon, CA 93283

2. Steven B. Mortensen, 10400 Overland Road, #103, Boise, Idaho 83709

If managed by members,  members may contract debts on behalf of the company
____ YES ____ NO.

Other matters: This form includes the minimal statutory requirements to organize
under NRS 86. Please attach any other information deemed appropriate.  Number of
pages attached -0-.

Signature  of  organizer(s):  The name(s) and  address(es)  of the  organizer(s)
executing the articles:


Nancy Gaches
Name (print)                                        


                                                                  Exhibit 3.1(b)

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Carson Street, Suite 208
Carson City, Nevada, 89701         

/s/ Nancy Gaches

This instrument was acknowledged  
before me on October 24, 1996, by 

Nancy Gaches
Name of Person                                  

as organizer                                        
of American Pacific Trust, LLC      
(name of party on behalf of whom    
instrument was executed)            


(Notary stamp and seal)        
/s/ Ginny Evans
Public Notary

Certificate  of  acceptance  of  appointment  of  resident  agent:  I,  Paracorp
Incorporated  hereby accept  appointment  as resident  agent for the above named
limited-liability company.

/s/ Nancy Gaches
for Paracorp Incorporated         10/24/96
Signature of resident agent       Date



(Stamp of the Secretary of State
for Nevada, dated Nov. 5, 1996)

                                                                  Exhibit 3.1(b)