Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership

Second Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 06/14/2000, Docket: RP00-389-000, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 116 Original Sheet No. 116 : Effective

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

6. OPERATING CONDITIONS (Continued)

(b) (5) Nominations. (Continued)

(vi) Buyer shall have the option to either submit overrun quantities

(nominations under firm contracts in excess of its MDQ) as a separate

nomination or within the aggregate sum of all nominations. When

nominations for overrun quantities are submitted as a separate

transaction, they must be identified as such by using the appropriate

nomination transaction type.

(vii) Except for intra-day nominations, Buyer may nominate for several days,

months or years in one day increments provided such nomination is within

the begin and end dates of Buyer's Service Agreement.

(viii) In addition to the Evening Nomination Cycle, Intra-day 1 Nomination

Cycle, Intra-day 2 Nomination Cycle, described in Section 6(b)(5)(v),

Buyer may nominate intra-day changes to its daily nominations at any time

up to 5:00 p.m. (C.T.), to be effective any hour, but no less than four

hours after the time the nomination is submitted.

(ix) Evening Nomination Cycle, Intra-day 1 Nomination Cycle and Intra-day 2

Nomination Cycle, as described above in Section 6(b)(5)(v), and any other

intra-day nominations, as described above in Section 6(b)(5)(viii), may

be used to to request increases or decreases in total flow, changes to

receipt points, and changes to delivery points of scheduled gas. Such

changes shall be effectove for the remainder of the day. Operator, on a

nondiscriminatory basis, may confirm such changes to commence at earlier

times than specified in Section 6(b)(5)(v) and 6(b)(5)(viii) of

Operator's system operations permit and if such changes do not result in

any bumping of scheduled and/or flowing quantities. Operator may,

through postings on its EBB, provide for additional time periods for

making intra-day changes in nominations.

Buyer may make nomination changes, as described in Sections 6(b)(5)(viii)

only if the following requirements and conditions are satisfied:

(1) actual flows consistent with the requested nominations are

confirmed at the receipt and delivery points;

(2) Buyer's tenders or takes (i) during any 8-hour period may not

exceed 40% of Buyer's Maximum Daily Quantity, and (ii) during any

24-hour period do not exceed Buyer's Maximum Daily Quantity,

provided that all deliveries do not exceed the applicable maximum

hourly limitations specified in any applicable rate schedule;

(3) Buyer's revised nominations during a Day under no circumstances

fall below the confirmed quantities that Day up to the effective

time of the revised nominations;

(4) Bumping of scheduled and/or flowing quantities by an intraday

nomination may occur: (a) for a nomination submitted before 6:00

p.m., (C.T.), with notice to be provided to bumped parties by 10:00

p.m. (C.T.) on the day prior to flow, with scheduled quantities

effective at 9:00 a.m. (C.T.) on Gas Day; and (b) for a nomiination

submitted before 10:00 a.m. (C.T.),with notice to be provided to

bumped parties by 2:00 p.m. (C.T.), with scheduled quantities

effective at 5:00 p.m. on Gas Day.

(5) During any Day of Interruption pursuant to Section 16 (Interruption

of Service), a Buyer may make intra-day changes to receive or take

gas at Buyer's primary receipt or delivery point if such change

would cause interruption of a Buyer using that receipt or delivery

point as a secondary point during that Day.