AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSTRUCTION AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.8

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
CONSTRUCTION AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

        This AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSTRUCTION AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of October 19, 1995, by and among (i) WESTMORELAND-LG&E PARTNERS, a Virginia general partnership, as Borrower, (ii) CREDIT SUISSE, NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK Plc, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, New York Branch, THE SUMITOMO TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD., New York Branch, THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD., New York Branch, UNION BANK, UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, THE FUJI BANK LIMITED, Los Angeles Agency, CREDIT LYONNAIS, New York Branch, CREDIT SUISSE, Cayman Island Branch, THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK and each Purchasing Lender, as Lenders, (iii) THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and each Purchasing Institutional Lender, as Institutional Lenders, (iv) CREDIT SUISSE, New York Branch, as the Issuing Bank, (v) CREDIT SUISSE, NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK Plc, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA and THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, New York Branch, as Co-Agents, and (vi) CREDIT SUISSE, as Agent for the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders and the Issuing Bank.

W I T N E S S E T H :

        WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Construction and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1993, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 4, 1994, Amendment No. 2 dated as of December 30, 1994 and Amendment No. 3 dated as of January 31, 1995 (the "Credit Agreement"), among Borrower, the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Co-Agents and Agent sets forth, among other things, the terms and conditions upon which the Lenders and the Institutional Lenders are willing to make available to Borrower certain Loans and Institutional Loans (unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings indicated in the Credit Agreement, and, unless otherwise specified herein, references to any "Article" or "Section" shall refer to the appropriate article or section of the Credit Agreement); and

        WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Co-Agents and Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement as provided herein;

        NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

        Section 1.      Amendment . Subject to the limitations contained in Section 2 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

        The definition of " Plant Aging Allowance Amount " in Exhibit X is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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         " Plant Aging Allowance Amount " means, for any calendar year, the amount set forth below under the column "Allowance for Plant Aging" opposite such calendar year:

        Section 2.      Limitations . Except as expressly stated hereby, all of the representations,