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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.6

        Amendment No. 2 to EXCO Resources, Inc.'s 1998 Stock Option Plan

         Article 5 of the EXCO Resources, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan is hereby
amended to read as follows:

         "ARTICLE 5: Shares Subject to Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided
         in ARTICLES 13 and 14, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
         that may be delivered pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan is (a)
         two million, two hundred thousand (2,200,000); plus (b) shares of
         Common Stock previously subject to Awards which are forfeited,
         terminated, or expired unexercised; plus (c) without duplication for
         shares counted under the immediately preceding clause, a number of
         shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares repurchased by the
         Company in the open market or otherwise and having an aggregate
         repurchase price no greater than the amount of cash proceeds received
         by the Company from the sale of shares of Common Stock under the Plan;
         plus (d) any shares of Common Stock surrendered to the Company in
         payment of the exercise price of options issued under the Plan. Shares
         to be issued may be made available from authorized but unissued Common
         Stock, Common Stock held by the Company in its treasury, or Common
         Stock purchased by the Company on the open market or otherwise. During
         the term of this Plan, the Company will at all times reserve and keep
         available the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient
         to satisfy the requirements of this Plan."<PAGE>

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in the Statement of Additional Information
constituting part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to the Registration
Statement No. 2-74667 on Form N-4 (the "Registration Statement") of (1) our
report dated February 5, 2001 relating to the financial statements of Separate
Account No. 301 of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for
the year ended December 31, 2000, and (2) our report dated February 5, 2001
relating to the consolidated financial statements of The Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States for the year ended December 31, 2000. We
also consent to the reference to us under the heading "About our Independent
Accountants" in the Prospectus.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
April 25, 2001<PAGE>
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred Oliver,
Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone),
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her
name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to any
insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for allocation of
amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or interests in
Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and annual reports
on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered to act with or
without the others, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
12th day of February, 2001.

                                          /s/ Claus-Michael Dill
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Claus-Michael Dill<PAGE>

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in the Statement of Additional Information
constituting part of this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-4
(the "Registration Statement") of (1) our reports dated February 5, 2001
relating to the financial statements of Separate Account Nos. 3, 4, 10, 51 and
66 of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and (2) our
report dated February 5, 2001 relating to the consolidated financial statements
of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. We also consent to
the use in the Prospectus Supplement constituting part of this Registration
Statement of our report dated February 5, 2001 relating to the financial
statements of Separate Account No. 4 of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Condensed Financial Information" and "About our independent accountants" in
such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
April 25, 2001<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
12th day of February, 2001.

                                        /s/ Claus-Michael Dill
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Claus-Michael Dill<PAGE>

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the use in the Statement of Additional Information
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form N-4 (the "Registration
Statement") of (1) our reports dated February 5, 2001 relating to the financial
statements of Separate Account Nos. 4, 191, 200 and 206 of The Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States; and (2) our reports dated February 16,
2001 relating to the financial statements of Separate Account Nos. 8 and 30 of
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; and (3) our report
dated February 5, 2001 relating to the consolidated financial statements of The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. We also consent to the
use in the Prospectus Supplement constituting part of this Registration
Statement of our report dated February 5, 2001 relating to the financial
statements of Separate Account No. 4 of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Condensed Financial Information" and "About our Independent Accountants" in the
Prospectus.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
April 26, 2001<PAGE>

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
12th day of February, 2001

                                        /s/ Claus-Michael Dill
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Claus-Michael Dill

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