National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

Third Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 04/01/1997, Docket: RP97-201-000, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 343 Original Sheet No. 343 : Superseded

INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT

ARTICLE VII

(Cont'd)

dation of the gas related properties, substantially as an entirety, of

Transporter or of Operator, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the

rights and shall be subject to the obligations of its predecessor in title

under this Agreement. Either party may, without relieving itself of its

obligations under this Agreement, assign any of its rights hereunder to a

company with which it is affiliated, but otherwise, no assignment of this

Agreement or of any of the rights or obligations hereunder shall be made

unless there first shall have been obtained the consent thereto in writing of

the other party. Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(D) Except as herein otherwise provided, any notice, request, demand,

statement or bill provided for in this Agreement, or any notice which either

party may desire to give the other, shall be in writing and shall be

considered as duly delivered when mailed by registered or certified mail to

the Post Office address of the parties hereto, as the case may be, as

follows:

Transporter: National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

Gas Supply - Transportation

Room 1200

10 Lafayette Square

Buffalo, New York 14203

Operator:

or at such other address as either party shall designate by formal written

notice. Routine communications, including monthly statements, shall be

considered as duly delivered when mailed by either registered, certified, or

ordinary mail, electronic communication, or telecommunication.

(E) This Agreement and the respective obligations of the parties

hereunder are subject to all present and future valid laws, orders, rules and

regulations of constituted authorities having jurisdiction over the parties,

their functions or gas supply, this Agreement or any provision hereof.

Neither party shall be held in default for failure to perform hereunder if

such failure is due to compliance with laws, orders, rules or regulations of

any such duly constituted authorities.