Northern Border Pipeline Company

First Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 11/01/2003, Docket: RP00-403-002, Status: Suspended

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 249 Eighth Revised Sheet No. 249 : Suspended

Superseding: Seventh Revised Sheet No. 249

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

10. NOMINATIONS/CONFIRMATIONS/SCHEDULING/INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE

(Continued)

10.3 Nomination Validation

Company shall validate all nominations once they are

received. Such validation will include verifying the

nomination elements that are part of the Quick Response,

verifying the existence of Agreements and amendments, and

verifying that credit worthiness has been established to

provide such nominated service.

A Nomination which cannot be validated shall be voided by

Company.

10.4 Capacity Allocation and Confirmation Process

Company shall utilize Subsections 10.41, 10.42 and 10.43 to

allocate nominated quantities of gas.

A nomination line item that has 1) its Point of Receipt and

its Point of Delivery within the Transportation Path and

2) its nominated flow direction is in the Transportation

Path direction shall be referred to as an In-Path,

In-Direction (IPID) nomination line item.

A nomination line item that has 1) its Point of Receipt

and/or its Point of Delivery outside the Transportation

Path and 2) its nomination flow direction is in the

Transportation Path direction shall be referred to as an

Out-of-Path, In-Direction (OPID) nomination line item.

A nomination line item that has 1) its Point of Receipt and

its Point of Delivery within the Transportation Path and

2) its nominated flow direction is opposite of the

Transportation Path direction shall be referred to as an

In-Path, Out-of-Direction (IPOD) nomination line item.

A nomination line item that has 1) its Point of Receipt

and/or its Point of Delivery outside of the Transportation

Path and 2) its nomination flow direction is opposite of the

Transportation Path direction shall be referred to as an

Out-of-Path, Out-of-Direction (OPOD) nomination line item.