El Paso Natural Gas Company

First Revised Volume No. 1-A

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Effective Date: 02/01/1993, Docket: RP93- 57-000, Status: Effective

1st Revised First Revised Sheet No. 237 1st Revised First Revised Sheet No. 237 : Superseded

Superseding: Original Sheet No. 237

TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

20. OPERATING PROVISIONS FOR FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (Continued)

20.4 Requests for firm transportation hereunder shall be

accompanied by a prepayment, not to exceed $10,000.00, of the

total Reservation Charge provided by Section 4.1 of Rate

Schedule T-3 of this FERC Gas Tariff.

20.5 Upon receipt of all of the information required in Section 23

for a valid request for transportation service, El Paso shall

prepare and tender to Shipper for execution a Transportation

Service Agreement in the form contained in this Volume No. 1-A

Tariff. If Shipper fails to execute the Transportation

Service Agreement or any amendment thereto within thirty (30)

days of the date tendered, Shipper's request shall be deemed

null and void.

20.6 El Paso shall not be required to perform or continue service

on behalf of any Shipper that fails to comply with the terms

contained in Sections 20 and 23 and any and all terms of the

applicable rate schedule and the terms of Shipper's

Transportation Service Agreement with El Paso. El Paso shall

have the right to waive any one or more specific defaults by

any Shipper under Sections 20.7 through 20.12, inclusive, or

any provision of the applicable rate schedule or

Transportation Service Agreement; provided, however, that no

such waiver shall operate or be construed as a waiver of any

other existing or future default or defaults, whether of a

like or different character.

20.7 Upon request of El Paso, Shipper shall from time to time

submit estimates of daily, monthly and annual quantities of

gas to be transported, including peak day requirements.

20.8 Shipper shall endeavor to deliver and receive natural gas in

uniform hourly quantities during any day with operating

variations to be kept to the minimum feasible.

20.9 El Paso shall not be required to perform or to continue firm

service under this FERC Gas Tariff on behalf of any Shipper

who is or has become insolvent, or fails to meet payment

obligations in accordance with Sections 6.2 or 6.3 of this

FERC Gas Tariff, or who, at El Paso's request, fails, within a

reasonable period to demonstrate creditworthiness or fails to

provide adequate assurances of performance as such are defined

in the Texas version of the Uniform Commercial Code (See,

Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, Business and Commerce Code,