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                                                                     Exhibit 3.9

                                                               STATE OF DELAWARE
                                                              SECRETARY OF STATE
                                                        DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
                                                       FILED 09:00 AM 11/15/1999
                                                             991488561 - 2170990

                            Certificate of Correction

                Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain
                Error in the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of
                Incorporation of North Coast Energy, Inc. Filed in the
                Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on
                December 22, 1998, and Recorded in the Office of the
                Recorder of Deeds for New Castle County, Delaware

     North Coast Energy, Inc. a corporation organized and existing under and by
virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

     DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     1. The name of the corporation is North Coast Energy, Inc.

     2. A Certificate of Amendment to Certificate, of Incorporation of North
Coast Energy, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December
22, 1998, with Authentication #9501577, and was subsequently recorded in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds of New Castle County, and said Certificate
requires correction as permitted by subsection (f) of Section 103 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. This correction is necessitated by the
fact that the minimum number of members of the Board of Directors specified in
the Certificate of Amendment did not correspond with the number contained in the
authorizing resolutions of the Board of Directors and in the proxy material in
which the proposal was presented to the Stockholders.

     3. The Certificate of Amendment is hereby corrected as follows:

          a)   The first full sentence following the subheading CLASSIFICATION
               OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS in Section I, Article VI is amended to
               read:

               The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than seven (7)
               nor more than thirteen (13) members and shall be divided into
               three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, which shall be as
               nearly equal in number as possible.

     4. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 103 (f) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, because no person has been or will be adversely affected by the
correction effected by this Certificate of Correction, the correction contained
in Section 3 of this Certificate of Correction shall be given retroactive effect
to December 22, 1998.

In Witness Whereof, said North Coast Energy, Inc. has caused this Certificate of
Correction to be signed by its President, Garry Regan, and attested by its
Assistant Secretary, Vicki Zanella, this 10TH of November 1999.

                                      North Coast Energy, Inc.

                                      By: /S/ Garry Regan
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                                          Garry Regan, President

Attest:

/S/Vicki Zanella
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Vicki Zanella
Assistant Secretary