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EXHIBIT 10(A)

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Internal Correspondence                       L. F. Zizzo
                                              Vice President - Human Resources
                                              National Steel Corporation
                                              4100 Edison Lakes Parkway
                                              Mishawaka, IN  46545-3440
                                              (219) 273-7857
HAND DELIVERED
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                                                        CONFIDENTIAL

To:       G. H. Gage
          Senior Vice President
            and Chief Financial Officer

From:     L. F. Zizzo

Re:       Employment Agreement
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Date:     July 25, 2000

This letter will confirm that National Steel Corporation is agreeable to
extending your Employment Agreement for an additional two years, from
August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2002.

In connection with your memorandum to Y. Tanaka and me, dated July 17, 2000, in
which you request certain modifications to your Employment Agreement, these
modifications will be considered at the Compensation Committee Meeting to be
held on August 7, 2000. Any changes to your Employment Agreement will require
Board approval.

Please confirm to me by July 31, 2000 your agreement to extend your Employment
Agreement for an additional two years, to July 31, 2002.

AGREED TO:

BY /s/ Glenn H. Gage
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   Glenn H. GageFMC CORPORATION EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PROGRAM

Exhibit 10.4.a.1 

SECOND AMENDMENT

OF

FMC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PROGRAM

PART I SALARIED AND NONUNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)

          WHEREAS, FMC Corporation (the "Company") maintains the FMC Corporation Employees' Retirement Program Part I Salaried and Nonunion Hourly
Employees' Retirement Plan (the "Plan"); and

          WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

          NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue and in exercise of the powers reserved to the Company under Section 11.1 Plan Amendment or Termination of the Plan, and
pursuant to authority delegated to the undersigned officer of the Company by resolution of its Board of Directors, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of the dates specified below, in the following respects:

          1.     Effective January 1, 1999, the Plan is hereby amended for purposes of clarification in Article I by deleting the definition 
Earnings is deleted in its entirety, and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

          "Earnings means the total compensation paid by the Company or a Participating Employer to an Eligible Employee for each Plan Year that is
currently includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes:

	(a)	     	including: overtime, administrative and discretionary bonuses (including, gainsharing bonuses, performance related bonuses and, effective May 1, 2000, completion bonuses (except as provided below); sales
incentive bonuses; earned but unused vacation, back pay, sick pay (other than a cash payment of unused sick days) and state disability benefits; plus the Employee's Pre-Tax Contributions and amounts contributed to a plan described in Code Section 125 or
132; and the incentive compensation (including management incentive bonuses which may be paid in cash and restricted stock and local incentive bonuses) earned during the Plan Year;

 
	(b) 	     	but excluding: hiring bonuses; referral bonuses; stay bonuses; retention bonuses; awards (including safety awards, "Gutbuster" awards and other similar awards); .

		     	amounts received as deferred compensation; disability payments from insurance or the Long-Term Disability Plan for Employees of FMC Corporation (other than state disability benefits); workers' compensation
benefits; flexible credits (i.e., wellness awards and payments for opting out of benefit coverage); expatriate premiums (including completion of expatriate assignment bonuses); grievance or settlement pay; severance pay; incentives for reduction in force; accrued (but not
earned) vacation; other special payments such as reimbursements, relocation or moving expense allowances; stock options or other stock-based compensation (except as provided above); any gross-up paid by a Participating Employer; other distributions that
receive special tax benefits; any amounts paid by a Participating Employer to cover an Employee's FICA tax obligation as to amounts deferred or accrued under any nonqualified retirement plan of a Participating Employer; and, effective May 1, 2000, pay in
lieu of notice

          The annual amount of Compensation taken into account for a Participant must not exceed $160,000 (as adjusted by Internal Revenue Service for cost-of-living
increases in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)). 

          A Participant's Compensation will be conclusively determined according to the Company's records."

          2.     Effective January 1, 1999, in Article I, the definition Period of Service is amended for purposes of
clarification by deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

          "Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Employee incurs a One-Year Period of Severance at a time when he or she has no vested interest under the Plan and the
Employee does not perform an Hour of Service within 5 years after the beginning of the One-Year Period of Severance, the Period of Vesting Service prior to such One-Year Period of Severance shall not be aggregated."

          3.     Effective January 1, 1999, Section 4.1 Amount of Termination Benefit is hereby amended to correct a scrivener's error by
changing the term "Years of Credited Service" to the term "Years of Vesting Service" in each place it appears in Section 4.2(c)(i) and 4.2(c)(ii).

          4.     Effective January 1, 1999, Supplement 1 - Specialty Chemicals Division, Livonia, Michigan is hereby amended by deleting the
title of the Supplement in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

          Specialty Chemicals Division, Livonia, Michigan and South Charleston, West Virginia; and by adding the words "or
South Charleston, West Virginia" immediately after the words "Livonia, Michigan" in the first sentence of the text thereof; and by deleting the words "Sun Cleaner" in all places where they appear, and inserting the words "Sun
Cleanser" in lieu thereof for clarification purposes.

          5.     Effective January 1, 1999, the text of Supplement 2 - Marine Colloids Division is hereby deleted in its entirety to correct
a scrivener's error.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amendment to be executed by a duly authorized representative this 19th
day of September, 2000.

	 	FMC CORPORATION 
	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Stephen F. Gates 
 
	 	 	
Member, Employee Welfare Benefits Plan CommitteFMC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PROGRAM II

Exhibit 10.4.b.1 

SECOND AMENDMENT

OF

FMC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PROGRAM

PART II UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)

          WHEREAS, FMC Corporation (the "Company") maintains the FMC Corporation Employees' Retirement Program Part II Union Hourly Employees' Retirement
Plan (the "Plan"); and 

          WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

          NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue and in exercise of the powers reserved to the Company under Section 11.1 Plan Amendment or Termination of the Plan, and
pursuant to authority delegated to the undersigned officer of the Company by resolution of its Board of Directors, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of the dates specified below, in the following respects:

          1.       Effective January 1, 1999, in Article I, the definition of Period of Service is revised for purposes of
clarification by deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Employee incurs a One-Year Period of Severance at a time when he or she has no vested interest under the Plan and the Employee does not perform an Hour of Service within 5 years
after the beginning of the One-Year Period of Severance, the Period of Vesting Service prior to such One-Year Period of Severance shall not be aggregated."

          2.       Effective January 1, 1999, Section 4.1 Amount of Termination Benefit is hereby amended to correct a scrivener's error
by changing the term "Years of Credited Service" to the term "Years of Vesting Service" in each place it appears in such section.

          3.       Effective January 1, 1999, Supplement 1 - Industrial Chemical Division, Green River Wyoming, is hereby amended
for purposes of clarification by deleting the text of Section 1-3 Earnings in its entirety, and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

          "Earnings means the total compensation paid by the Company or a Participating Employer to an Eligible Employee for each Plan Year that is
currently includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes; plus the Employee's Pre-Tax Contributions and amounts contributed to a plan described in Code Section 125 or 132. 

          The annual amount of Compensation taken into account for a Participant must not exceed $160,000 (as adjusted by Internal Revenue Service for cost-of-living
increases in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)). 

          A Participant's Compensation will be conclusively determined according to the Company's records."

          4.       Effective July 1, 2000, Supplement 1 - Industrial Chemical Division, Green River, Wyoming, is hereby amended by
adding the following to the end of Section 1-6 Amount of Normal Retirement Benefit:

          "Effective as of June 30, 2000, each Participant's benefit accrued under the formula described above shall be calculated and maintained as a frozen benefit
("Compensation-Based Accrued Benefit"). For periods beginning on and after July 1, 2000, a Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the greater of the Compensation-Based Accrued Benefit, if any, and the product of the benefit
rate determined under the following schedule in effect at the termination of the Participant's Years of Credited Service multiplied by the Participant's Years of Credited Service:

	
Termination Date

	
Benefit Rate

	
On or after July 1, 2000

	
 $70.00

	
On or after July 1, 2001

	
 $73.00

	
On or after July 1, 2002

	
 $74.00

	
On or after July 1, 2003

	
 $74.00 

	
On or after July 1, 2004

	
 $76.00"

          5.       Effective as of July 1, 2000, and continuing through July 1, 2005, Supplement 1 - Industrial Chemical Division,
Green River, Wyoming, is hereby amended by adding the following as Section 1-13 Pension Supplement:

                  "1-13 Pension Supplement

          A Participant who retires on or after July 1, 2000, but on or before July 1, 2005 after reaching age 60 or later shall receive a supplemental pension payment of
$300.00 per month through the month of the Participant's 65th
birthday."

          6.       Effective as of July 1, 2000, Supplement 1 - Industrial Chemical Division, Green River, Wyoming, is hereby
amended by adding the words "Effective for periods prior to July 1, 2000" to the beginning of the first sentence of words Section 1-11 Disability Retirement, and by adding the following immediately after the first sentence:

"For periods beginning on or after July 1, 2000, the Disability Retirement Benefit is eliminated in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement with the union to provide a long-term disability plan benefit
instead of the Disability Retirement Benefit."

          7.       Effective October 9, 2000, Supplement 2 - Jetway Systems Division, Ogden, Utah is hereby amended by adding the
following to the end of Section 2-6 Normal Retirement Benefit:

          "Effective October 8, 2000, each Participant's monthly Normal Retirement Benefit accrued under the formula described above shall be calculated and maintained
as a frozen benefit ("Prior Formula Accrued Benefit"). For periods beginning on or after October 9, 2000, a Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the greater of the Prior Formula Accrued Benefit, if any, and the product of
the benefit rate of $30.00 multiplied by the Participant's Years of Credited Service."

          8.       Effective June 1, 2000, Supplement 8 - Agricultural Chemical Division, Baltimore, Maryland is hereby amended by
adding the following to end of Section 8-5 Normal Retirement Benefit:

	
"Termination Date

	
Benefit Rate

	
On or after June 1, 2000

	
 $28.50

	
On or after June 1, 2001

	
 $29.50

	
On or after June 1, 2002

	
 $30.50"

          9.       Effective June 1, 2000, Supplement 8 - Agricultural Chemical Division, Baltimore, Maryland is hereby
amended by adding the following as Section 8-10 Pension Supplement:

                  "8-10 Pension Supplement

          A Participant who retires on or after June 1, 2000 after reaching age 62 but before age 65 shall receive a supplemental monthly pension payment equal to the amount
of early retirement reduction the Participant is subject to under Section 8-6 Early Retirement Reduction Factor per month through the month of Participant's 65th
birthday."

          10.       Effective June 28, 2000, Supplement 9 - Organic Chemical Division, Tonowanda, New York is hereby amended by
adding the following to Section 8-5 Normal Retirement Benefit immediately after the words "On or after July 15, 1999 $30.00":

	
"On or after July 15, 2000

	
 $32.00

	
On or after July 15, 2001

	
 $34.00

	
On or after July 15, 2002

	
 $36.00

	
On or after July 15, 2003

	
 $38.00"

          11.       Effective May 1, 2000, Supplement 10 - Industrial Chemicals Division, Carteret, New Jersey is hereby amended by
deleting the text of Section 10-1 Eligible Employees in its entirety, and by inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"The terms of this Supplement apply only to individuals participating in the Plan, who worked in Carteret, New Jersey, and who were covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the
International Chemical
Workers Union, Local No. 144 on or before April 30, 2000 who have not yet received a full distribution of their benefit from the Plan ("Participant")."

          12.       Effective December 1, 1999, Supplement 12 Food Processing Machinery Division, Hoopeston, Illinois is hereby
amended by adding the following text to the end of Section 12-5 Normal Retirement Benefit:

	
"On or after December 1, 1999

	
 $30.00"

          13.       Effective May 1, 2000, Supplement 13 - Kemmerer Coke Plant, Kemmerer, Wyoming is hereby amended by deleting the
text of Section 13-1 Eligible Employees in its entirety, and by inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"The terms of this Supplement apply only to individuals participating in the Plan who worked in Kemmerer Wyoming and who were covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the International
Union, United Mine Workers of America on or before April 30, 2000 who have not yet received a full distribution of their benefit from the Plan ("Participant")."

          14.       Effective May 1, 2000, Supplement 14 - Industrial Chemical Division, Lawrence, Kansas is hereby amended by
deleting the text of Section 14-1 Eligible Employees in its entirety, and by inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"The terms of this Supplement apply only to individuals participating in the Plan who worked in Lawrence, Kansas and who were covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the International
Chemical Workers Union, Local No. 605 on or before April 30, 2000 who have not yet received a full distribution of their benefit from the Plan ("Participant")." 

          15.       Effective June 1, 1999, Supplement 16 - Industrial Chemical Division, Newark, California is hereby amended by
adding the following text to the end of Section 16-5 Normal Retirement Benefit: 

          "Effective June 1, 1999, a Participant's monthly Normal Retirement Benefit shall be determined by multiplying the fixed rate of $30.00 by the number of
Participant's Years of Credited Service."

          16.       Effective January 1, 1999, Supplement 16 - Industrial Chemical Division, Newark, California is hereby amended
to clarify a scrivener's error by deleting the text of Section 16-6 Early Retirement Reduction Factor in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"If a Participant's Early Retirement Benefit commences prior to age 62, the Participant's Early Retirement Benefit shall be reduced according to the following table:

Percentage of Normal Retirement Basic Benefit

Payable Upon Commencement of Early Retirement Benefit Based on Age

	
MONTHS

	
Years

	
0

	
1

	
2

	
3

	
4

	
5

	
6

	
7

	
8

	
9

	
10

	
11

	
55

	
74.00

	
74.33

	
74.67

	
75.00

	
75.33

	
75.67

	
76.00

	
76.33

	
76.67

	
77.00

	
77.33

	
77.67

	
56

	
78.00

	
78.33

	
78.67

	
79.00

	
79.33

	
79.67

	
80.00

	
80.33

	
80.67

	
81.00

	
81.33

	
81.67

	
57

	
82.00

	
82.33

	
82.67

	
83.00

	
83.33

	
83.67

	
84.00

	
84.33

	
84.67

	
85.00

	
85.33

	
85.67

	
58

	
86.00

	
86.33

	
86.67

	
87.00

	
87.33

	
87.67

	
88.00

	
88.33

	
88.67

	
89.00

	
89.33

	
89.67

	
59

	
90.00

	
90.33

	
90.67

	
91.00

	
91.33

	
91.67

	
92.00

	
92.33

	
92.67

	
93.00

	
93.33

	
93.67

	
60

	
94.00

	
94.25

	
94.50

	
94.75

	
95.00

	
95.25

	
95.50

	
95.75

	
96.00

	
96.25

	
96.50

	
96.75

	
61

	
97.00

	
97.25

	
97.50

	
97.75

	
98.00

	
98.25

	
98.50

	
98.75

	
99.00

	
99.25

	
99.50

	
99.75"

          17.       Effective January 1, 1999, the following Section 16-9 Termination Benefits Reduction Factor is added to the end
of Supplement 16, Industrial Chemical Division, Newark, California for purposes of clarification:

          "16-9 Termination Benefits Reduction Factor

          If a Participant's Termination Benefit commences prior to age 65, the Participant's Termination Benefit shall be reduced by 1⁄2 of 1% for each month between the
Participant's Annuity Starting Date and the Participant's 65th
birthday."

          18.       Effective October 2, 1999, Supplement 17 - Food and Pharmaceutical Products Division, Newark, Delaware, is
hereby amended by deleting the name of the Supplement and inserting the following in lieu thereof: BioPolymer Division, Newark, Delaware, and by adding the following to the end of Section 17-5 Normal Retirement Benefit:

          "For Participants who retire on or after October 1, 1999, but before October 1, 2000:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$25.50

	
11-20 years

	
$26.50

	
21+ years

	
$27.50

          For Participants who retire on or after October 1, 2000, but before October 1, 2001:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$27.50

	
11-20 years

	
$28.50

	
21+ years

	
$29.50

          For Participants who retire on or after October 1, 2001:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$29.50

	
11-20 years

	
$30.50

	
21+ years

	
$31.50"

          19.       Effective July 31, 1999, Supplement 18 - Industrial Chemical Division, Nitro, West Virginia is hereby amended
by deleting the text of Section 18-1 Eligible Employees in its entirety, and by inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"The terms of this Supplement apply only to individuals participating in the Plan who worked in Nitro, West Virginia and who were covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the United
Steelworkers of America District No. 8 on behalf of Local Union 12757 on or before July 31, 1999. On July 31, 1999 the Company sold assets to Great Lakes Chemical Company ("GLCC") relating to the business in Nitro, West Virginia. GLCC agreed to
accept a transfer of assets and liabilities from the Trust for the benefit of the employees it hired. Such transfer shall include only assets and liabilities from the Trust, shall exclude the annuitized benefits provided for under annuity contracts of the
Plan, and shall take place as soon as practicable after the Company's receipt of a favorable determination letter on the Plan from the Internal Revenue Service."

          20.       Effective May 1, 2000, Supplement 19 - Industrial Chemical Division, Pocatello, Idaho is hereby amended by
deleting the text of Section 19-1 Eligible Employee in its entirety, and by inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 "The terms of this Supplement apply only to individuals participating in the Plan who worked in Pocatello, Idaho and who were covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the International
Association of Machinists (AFL-CIO) Gate City Mechanics Lodge No. 1933 on or before April 30, 2000 who have not yet received a full distribution of their benefit from the Plan ("Participant")."

          21.       Effective May 22, 2000, Supplement 20 - Industrial Chemical Group, Spring Hill Plant, South Charleston, West Virginia
 is hereby amended by adding the following to the end of Section 20-5 Normal Retirement Benefit:

          "For Participants who retire on or after May 19, 2000 but before May 19, 2001:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$35.50

	
11-20 years

	
$36.50

	
21+ years

	
$37.50

          For Participants who retire on or after May 19, 2001 but before May 19, 2002:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$37.50

	
11-20 years

	
$38.50

	
21+ years

	
$39.50

          For Participants who retire on or after May 19, 2002:

	
Years of Credited Service

	
Service Segment Multiplier

	
1-10 years

	
$38.50

	
11-20 years

	
$39.50

	
21+ years

	
$40.50"

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amendment to be executed by a duly authorized representative this 19th
day of September, 2000.

	 	FMC CORPORATION 
	               	
	 	By:     /s/ Stephen F. Gates

 
  
	 	Member, Employee Welfare Benefits

Plan Committee

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