I'm getting the following error below.

System.Configur ation.Configura tionException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68. (c:\inetpub\www root\essential-ehs\e6dataimpor ter\bin\e6datai mportservice.ex e.config line 8) ---> System.Xml.XmlE xception: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68.

<configuratio n>
<appSettings>...