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EXHIBIT 24(b)
CONSENT OF
UNITED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, INC.
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EXHIBIT 24(b)
CONSENT OF UNITED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, INC.
INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERING & GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING FIRM
UEDC, as an independent petroleum engineering and geological consulting firm,
hereby consents to the use of it's Geologic Evaluation, dated July 27, 2000 in
the Registration Statement and any supplements thereto, including post-effective
amendments, for Atlas-America-Public #9, Ltd.,and to all references to UEDC as
having prepared such report and as an expert concerning such report.
UEDC, Inc.
/s/ ISAIAS ORTIZ 7/27/00
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Isaias Ortiz July 27, 2000
President Pittsburgh, PA
