NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY                                                   Original Sheet No. 277
FERC Gas Tariff
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1




                                  GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

          42. HARDSHIP REDUCTIONS
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              In conjunction with other reduction rights permitted under the terms
              of this Tariff, TF purchasers (TF or TFX) shall be entitled to reduce
              their level of firm entitlements for relief from hardship under the
              following terms:

                   a)   In the event 1) that a firm industrial customer, including
                        firm crop and grain drying customers of a TF Shipper that is
                        being served with gas exclusively transported and delivered
                        to TF Shipper by Northern on a firm basis, ceases receiving
                        transported gas through TF Shipper and commences receiving
                        gas directly from Northern, or from a party other than
                        Northern where Northern sells the gas to or transports and
                        delivers the gas to such other party for redelivery to such
                        firm industrial customer on a firm basis, or  2) in the
                        event the  operations of the firm industrial customer are
                        discontinued, then TF Shipper may reduce the Firm
                        Entitlement of the Service Agreements, but only up to the
                        amount of the contract quantity purchased by the firm
                        industrial customer, provided that the TF Shipper and the
                        firm industrial customer (if different from the TF Shipper)
                        is not physically connected with, or is not being served and
                        has not been served by, another pipeline, and provided
                        further that the total annual reduction quantity under this
                        or any other provision of this Tariff shall be limited on an
                        annual basis to the greater of this hardship reduction or
                        ten percent (10%) of the total aggregate MDQ of the TF
                        Shipper's TF agreement.

                        The term "discontinued" as used in this section refers to
                        the termination of operations of a firm industrial customer
                        and the cessation of gas consuming operations by the firm
                        industrial customer that is not a seasonal or temporary
                        cessation.  The determination of cessation of gas consuming
                        operations shall be made based on verifiable information
                        made available by the TF or TFX Shipper at the time of the
                        hardship request.
























 
 
Issued by: Mary Kay Miller, Division V. P. Rates and Tariff
Issued on: August 16, 1993                                                Effective: November 1, 1993