Empire Pipeline, Inc.

Original Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 12/10/2008, Docket: CP06-5-010, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 497 Original Sheet No. 497

FORM OF

MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT

FOR CAPACITY RELEASE TRANSACTIONS

ARTICLE VIII

Communications

Shipper may accept capacity release awards hereunder (i) by execution

of the award by an officer or authorized representative of Shipper and

facsimile transmission of the executed award to Transporter at the number

designated by Transporter; or (ii) by accepting the award on-line via

Transporter's Web Site. Shipper acknowledges that any on-line acceptance

communicated by a person accessing Transporter's Web Site using a user ID

and unique password supplied by Transporter to Shipper shall constitute an

acceptance of the award by Shipper, even if the person communicating such

acceptance is not under Shipper's employment or control at such time. To

prevent unauthorized access, Shipper shall be responsible for securing

physical access to Transporter's Web Site and to keep confidential its user

ID(s) and password(s) provided by Transporter.

Except as herein otherwise provided, any notice, request, demand,

statement or bill provided for in this Agreement or in a service 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:

Shipper:

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.