Document:

Exhibit 10.3

            Nicor
      Gas Company

    Form
      10-Q

    Exhibit
      10.3

     

    AMENDMENT
      NO. 1 TO THE INTERIM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

    

    

    Commonwealth
      Edison Company (“Edison”), an Illinois corporation, and Northern Illinois Gas
      Company (“NI-Gas”), an Illinois corporation, (collectively, “Utilities”) hereby
      modify their Interim Cooperative Agreement of October 28, 1993 (“Agreement”) by
      entering into this Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment”) to the Agreement.

    

    WHEREAS,
      without admitting any liability, the Utilities entered into the Agreement to
      provide an interim cooperative arrangement for the Utilities to address certain
      issues at certain former manufactured gas plant (“MGP”) sites in
      Illinois;

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Utilities have decided that four sites should be added to the list of MGP
      sites on Attachment A to the Agreement (“Site List”);

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Utilities have decided that other amendments should be made to the
      Agreement;

    

    NOW
      THEREFORE, based on the covenants and mutual promises contained herein, Edison
      and NI-Gas agree that, pursuant to Section 16 of the Agreement, the Agreement
      is
      modified as follows.

    

    1. The
      Site
      List in Attachment A of the Agreement is amended to include the following MGP
      sites (collectively, “Four Sites”):

    

    
      	 	
              25.

            	
              MGP
                Site on Coal Gas Road

            

    

    DuQuoin,
      Illinois (“DuQuoin MGP Site”)

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    

    
      	 	
              26.

            	
              MGP
                site on Bluff Street

            

    

    Joliet,
      Illinois (“Bluff Street MGP Site”)

    

    
      	 	
              27.

            	
              MGP
                site on Center Street

            

    

    Geneseo,
      Illinois (“Geneseo I MGP Site”)

    

    
      	 	
              28.

            	
              MGP
                site at Clinton and Jackson

            

    

    Ottawa,
      Illinois (“Ottawa II MGP Site”)

    

    The
      Four
      Sites are subject to all of the terms of the Agreement, except as otherwise
      provided in this Amendment. If there is any conflict between the terms of the
      Agreement and the terms of this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall
      govern.

    

    2. By
      way of
      clarification, the Note on the bottom of each page of Attachment A to the
      Agreement is deleted and is replaced by the following:

    

    NOTE:
      Edison and NI-Gas are not admitting liability at any of these sites or, except
      as otherwise provided in the Agreement, waiving any rights or
      defenses.

    

    3. The
      first
      sentence of Section 2.1 is amended by deleting the period at the end of the
      sentence and replacing it with:

    

    and
      any
      other costs associated with investigation and/or remediation of a particular
      MGP
      site that the Utilities agree to incur as Shared Costs for that
      site.

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    

    4. Section
      2.2 (b) is amended by deleting the semi-colon and replacing it
      with:

    

    ,
      except
      as other expressly agreed to by the Utilities with regard to a particular MGP
      site.

    

    5. The
      title
      of Section 3 of the Agreement is deleted and replaced with the
      following:

    

    
      	 	
              3.

            	
              Previously
                Agreed Upon Costs Subject to Interim or Final Cost
                Allocation.

            

    

    

    6. Section
      3.1 of the Agreement is amended by: (i) deleting the period at the end of
      Section 3.1(c) and replacing it with a semi-colon and the word “and”; and (ii)
      adding the following after Section 3.1(c):

    

    
      	 	
              d)

            	
              the
                portion of the costs for the DuQuoin MGP Site (“DuQuoin Response Costs”)
                allocated to Edison during the arbitration of the allocation of the
                DuQuoin Response Costs between Edison and Central Illinois Public
                Service
                Company (“CIPS”), pursuant to the Arbitration Agreement between Edison and
                CIPS (effective January 5, 1995) (“ComEd/CIPS Agreement”), and that are
                incurred after the Effective Date of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim
                Cooperative Agreement, which DuQuoin Response Costs shall include:
                (i) the
                DuQuoin Response Costs that will be incurred to pay environmental
                consultants and contractors to implement
                remedial

            

    

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    and/or
      removal action at the DuQuoin MGP Site that is acceptable to IEPA, Edison and
      CIPS (“DuQuoin Remedial Action”); (ii) the oversight costs that will be paid to
      IEPA in connection with the DuQuoin Remedial Action; (iii) any costs that CIPS
      and Edison agree to incur, or for which Edison is legally liable, to have a
      third party investigate and/or otherwise perform remedial or removal action
      at
      the Southtowne Shopping Center or any property that has been impacted by
      manufactured gas plant operations at the DuQuoin MGP Site; (iv) any costs for
      which CIPS and Edison may be liable under the terms of an indemnification
      agreement that they may enter into with Mutual of New York regarding potential
      manufactured gas plant materials at the Southtowne Shopping Center; and (v)
      any
      costs and liabilities incurred by CIPS and Edison to purchase and own portions
      of the DuQuoin MGP Site to minimize the cost of remedial or removal action
      at
      the DuQuoin MGP Site (including, but not limited to, the amounts paid to the
      sellers of portions of the DuQuoin MGP Site, taxes, insurance, maintenance
      and
      other similar costs of owning those portions; provide, however, that the total
      amount paid by CIPS and Edison to 

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    the
      sellers of portions of the DuQuoin MGP Site shall not exceed
      $160,000).

    

    7. Section
      3.2 of the Agreement is amended by: (i) inserting the phrase “Notwithstanding
      the provisions of Section 1.1” at the beginning of the first sentence of Section
      3.2; (ii) inserting the phrase “, but not interim,” between the words “final”
and “allocation” in the first line of Section 3.2; (iii) deleting the period at
      the end of Section 3.2(b) and replacing it with a semi-colon and the work “and”;
      and (iv) adding the following after Section 3.2(b):

    

    c) the
      portion of the DuQuoin Response Costs allocated to Edison pursuant to the
      ComEd/CIPS Agreement for costs incurred by Edison and CIPS before the Effective
      Date of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement (which total
      approximately $800,000) for payments to environmental consultants and
      contractors, and payments of response and oversight costs to the Illinois
      Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”); and

    

    d) the
      costs
      for investigation of the Bluff Street MGP Site by third parties, and the IEPA
      oversight costs for such investigation, that Edison incurred before the
      Effective Date of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement (which
      costs total approximately $243,000).

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    

    8. Section
      4.1 of the Agreement is amended by: (i) deleting the period at the end of
      Section 4.1(d) and replacing it with the word “and”; and (ii) adding the
      following after Section 4.1(d):

    

    e) Notwithstanding
      any other provision of this Section 4.1, the time for Final Cost Allocation
      for
      the Shared Costs for the DuQuoin MGP Site shall be as follows. During the twelve
      (12) months following the second anniversary of the Effective Date of Amendment
      No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement, the Utilities shall attempt to
      negotiate the final allocation of the DuQuoin Response Costs. If the Utilities
      are unable to agree with such twelve (12) months, either Utility may seek
      binding arbitration as provided for in Section 5 of the Interim Cooperative
      Agreement after the conclusion of such twelve (12) months.

    

    9. The
      period at the end of the first sentence in Section 6.8 is deleted and replaced
      with the following:

    

    ;
      provided, however, that such condition shall not apply to the Final Cost
      Allocation for the Shared Costs for the Four Sites. The allocation of Shared
      Costs for each of the Four Sites may range from 0% to 100% for either
      Utility.

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    

    10. Section
      6.8(a) of the Agreement shall be amended by inserting at the beginning of the
      first line the phrase: “Except with respect to the Four Sites”.

    

    11. The
      fourth line of Section 6.8(b) shall be amended by inserting “except with respect
      to the Four Sites” after the words “informed that.”

    

    12. Section
      7
      of the Agreement shall be amended to include the following provision after
      Section 7.4:

    

    7.5
      Notwithstanding any other provision of the Interim Cooperative Agreement,
      prejudgment interest shall not be paid on Shared Costs for the DuQuoin MGP
      Site
      or the Bluff Street MGP Site that were incurred by ComEd prior to the Effective
      Date of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement.

    

    13. Section
      9(c) of the Agreement is amended by inserting the phrase “or investigation
      (including a cause of action regarding the Utilities’ respective potential
      liability for Shared Costs for a site or sites on the Site List or the
      allocation of Shared Costs between the Utilities for a site or sites on the
      Site
      List)” between the words “remediation” and “arising”, and by adding the
      following sentence after the phrase “the Site List” at the end of Section
      9(c):

    

    If,
      in
      accordance with the terms of this Agreement governing litigation between the
      Utilities involving a site on the Site List, the Utilities litigate any issues
      concerning their respective potential liability

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    for
      Shared Costs for a site or sites on the Site List, or the allocation of Shared
      Costs for a site or sites on the Site List, Edison and NI-Gas each agree to
      waive any defense that they may have based on a statute of limitations
      applicable to events before the Effective Date of this Agreement. This waiver
      shall apply only to sites on the Site List for which the Utilities have agreed
      to allocate Shared Costs within the meaning of Section 1.1 or Section 3 of
      the
      Agreement.

    

    14. Section
      23 of the Agreement is amended by inserting at the beginning of Section 23
      the
      following phrase: “Except as provided in Section 9,”.

    

    15. Section
      26 of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following after the first
      sentence in Section 26:

    

    If
      the
      Utilities incur Shared Costs that they agree that they need to incur prior
      to
      the approval or disapproval of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative
      Agreement by the Illinois Commerce Commission (to the extent such approval
      is
      required by Section 7-102 of the Public Utilities Act), the Utilities shall
      act
      in accordance with Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement with
      regard to such Shared Costs, including, but not limited to, the condition that
      each Utility will pay, on an interim basis, 50% of the costs that it agrees
      to
      incur for a site.

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    16. The
      Agreement is amended by adding the following Section 27 after Section
      26.

    27. Coordinator
      Utility for DuQuoin MGP Site and Bluff Street MGP Site.

    

    27.1 Edison
      will be the Coordinator/Utility for the DuQuoin MGP Site. To the extent
      reasonably possible and consistent with the implementation of the DuQuoin
      Remedial Action as soon as possible, Edison and NI-Gas will comply with the
      requirements of Section 8(a) though (f) and Attachment C of the Interim
      Cooperative Agreement in connection with DuQuoin Response Costs that are
      incurred after the Effective Date of Amendment No. 1 to the Interim Cooperative
      Agreement; provided, however, that NI-Gas agrees to the implementation of the
      DuQuoin Remedial Action, and agrees to waive any requirements of Section 8(a)
      through (f) and Attachment C of the Interim Cooperative Agreement with regard
      to
      the DuQuoin Remedial Action if compliance with such requirements would, in
      Edison’s judgment, cause an unreasonable delay in the implementation of the
      DuQuoin Remedial Action.

    

    27.2 Edison
      will be the Coordinator/Utility for the Bluff Street MGP Site.

    

    17. The
      effective date (“Effective Date”) of this Amendment shall be the date of the
      last party to execute this Amendment. This Amendment may be executed in multiple
      counterparts, each of

    

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

    

    

    which
      shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
      and
      the same instrument.

    

    
      	 	
              18.

            	
              As
                hereinabove amended, the Agreement will remain in full force and
                effect.

            

    

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, each Utility designed below enters into this Amendment. Each
      person signing this Amendment represents and warrants that he or she has been
      duly authorized to enter into this Amendment by the company or entity on whose
      behalf it is indicated that the person is signing.

    

    

    Dated:__________________      Party:
      Northern
      Illinois Gas Company

    

    By: /s/
      RICHARD J. LANNON

    Vice
      President Administration

    

    Dated:
      June
      20, 1996            Party:
      Commonwealth
      Edison Company

    

    By: /s/
      MARY
      F. O’TOOLE

    Environmental
      Services ManagerExhibit 10.4

    Nicor
      Gas
      Company

    Form
      10-Q

    Exhibit
      10.4

    AMENDMENT
      NO. 2 TO THE INTERIM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

    

    Commonwealth
      Edison Company (“Edison”), an Illinois corporation, and Nicor Gas (“Nicor”)
      (formerly known as Northern Illinois Gas Company), an Illinois corporation,
      (collectively, “Utilities”) hereby modify their Interim Cooperative Agreement of
      October 28, 1993, as amended, (“Agreement”) by entering into this Amendment No.
      2 (“Amendment”) to the Agreement.

    

    WHEREAS,
      without admitting any liability, the Utilities entered into the Agreement to
      provide an interim cooperative arrangement for the Utilities to address certain
      issues at certain former manufactured gas plant (“MGP”) sites in
      Illinois;

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Utilities have decided that ten (10) sites should be added to the list
      of
      MGP sites on Attachment A to the Agreement (“Site List”);

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Utilities have decided that other amendments should be made to the
      Agreement;

    

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, based on the covenants and mutual promises contained herein, Edison
      and Nicor agree that, pursuant to Section 16 of the Agreement, the Agreement
      is
      modified as follows.

    

    
      	
              1.

            	
              The
                Site list in Attachment A of the Agreement is amended to include
                the
                following MGP sites (collectively, the “Ten
                Sites”):

            

    

    

    Dixon
      1
      (2nd
      St.)

    Dixon
      II
      (River & Perry)

    DuQuoin
      (Chestnut)

    Elgin
      TDC-570-0044

    Kenilworth

    Mendota
      (Main St.)

    Murphysboro
      I (Walnut)

    Murphysboro
      II (Big Muddy)

    Rockford
      (Avon & Cedar)

    Rockford
      II (Mulberry)

    

    The
      Ten
      Sites are subject to all of the terms of the Agreement, except as otherwise
      provided in this Amendment. If there is any conflict between the terms of the
      Agreement and the terms of this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall
      govern.

    

    
      	
              2.

            	
              Section
                1.2 is amended as follows:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              a)

            	
              In
                the first sentence, delete “unless ninety (90) days before the Utility
                intends to commence such litigation it sends the other Utility, by
                telecopy and U.S. mail, written notice of such intent” and replace it with
                “unless the Utility provides the other Utility at least 90 days prior
                written notice, by telecopy and U.S. mail, of its intent to commence
                such
                litigation”;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              b)

            	
              In
                the second sentence, insert “or after” following
                “on”;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              c)

            	
              In
                the third sentence, insert “or after” following
                “On”.

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.

            	
              The
                following is added as a new Section 2.2 and the current Section 2.2
                and
                2.3 are renumbered as 2.3 and 2.4,
                respectively:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              a)

            	
              The
                Utilities, or the Coordinator/Utility in connection with its retention
                of
                consultants or contractors, from time to time may agree, or have
                agreed,
                to provide an indemnity and/or defense to a current owner, consultant,
                or
                other third-party involved with an MGP site listed on Attachment
                A, or to
                an agent under an agreement to execute manifests in accordance with
                Section 8(e) below and Attachment D. The indemnification and /or
                defense
                obligations that the Utilities or the Coordinator/Utility are required
                to
                perform under any written agreement (including all reasonable attorney
                and
                consultant fees and expenses) shall be Shared Costs regardless of
                whether
                or when such indemnification or defense obligations arise, and regardless
                of the extent (if any) to which such obligations are associated with
                investigation or remediation of an MGP site. The indemnification
                and
                defense obligations specified in the preceding sentence are hereinafter
                referred to as “Indemnification Obligations.” The Indemnification
                Obligations may include, for example, an indemnity to the owner of
                an MGP
                site for property damage or personal injury caused during any
                investigation or remediation, or for any additional investigation
                or
                remediation required by a governmental agency beyond that initially
                performed by the Utilities. Each Utility shall pay 50% of the costs
                of any
                kind or nature whatsoever of performing any Indemnification Obligations,
                subject to the final allocation of Shared Costs between the Utilities
                pursuant to Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this Agreement. For example, if
                one
                Utility is allocated 60% of the Shared Costs for an MGP site, that
                Utility
                shall be allocated 60% of any Indemnification Obligations for that
                site.
                If, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement governing litigation
                between the Utilities involving a site on the Site List, the Utilities
                litigate any issues concerning their respective potential liability
                for
                Shared Costs for a site on the Site List, or the allocation of Shared
                Costs for a site on the Site List, the Indemnification Obligations
                for
                such site shall be allocated pursuant to the allocation of Shared
                Costs resulting from a final judgment in such litigation or settlement
                or
                such litigation. Any written agreement that creates any Indemnification
                Obligations benefiting a third-party (other than a contractor or
                consultant found to be mutually acceptable under Section 8(a) of
                this
                Agreement) that is entered into by either Utility after the date
                of this
                Second Amendment to the Agreement shall be executed by both
                Utilities.

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              b)

            	
              As
                part of the investigation and/or remediation strategy for an MGP
                site on
                the Site List, the Utilities may elect to purchase all or a portion
                of the
                site. Title to all sites purchased under this Section 2.2(b) shall
                be held
                in an Illinois land trust established with a mutually acceptable
                land
                trustee with the Utilities as sole beneficiaries. All costs and
                liabilities of purchasing and owning the site shall be Shared Costs
                including, but not limited to, the purchase price, closing costs
                or fees,
                taxes, insurance, maintenance, external legal fees and trustee fees
                directly arising from the purchase or ongoing ownership of the
                site.

            

    

    

    The
      Utilities shall enter into a property management agreement that shall provide,
      among other things, that one-half of any and all revenue (e.g. rental or lease
      payments) derived from the ownership of any site purchased pursuant to this
      Section 2.2(b) shall be distributed to each Utility on a monthly basis
      (hereinafter referred to as “MGP Site Revenue”). For any site purchased pursuant
      to this Section 2.2(b), all MGP Site Revenues distributed before the final
      allocation of Shared Costs between the Utlities pursuant to Sections 4, 5,
      and 6
      of this Agreement shall be redistributed, and any future MGP Site Revenues
      shall
      be distributed, consistent with the final allocation. For example, if one
      Utility is allocated 60% of the Shared Costs for a purchased former MGP site,
      that Utility shall be allocated 60% of all past and future MGP Site Revenues.
      If, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement governing litigation between
      the Utilities involving a site on the Site List, the Utilities litigate any
      issues concerning their respective potential liability for Shared Costs for
      a
      site on the Site List, or the allocation of Shared Costs for a site on the
      Site
      List, the MGP Site Revenue for such site shall be allocated pursuant to the
      allocation of Shared Costs resulting from a final judgment in such litigation
      or
      settlement of such litigation.

    

    
      	
              4.

            	
              The
                current Section 2.2(b) as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Interim
                Cooperative Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”), which Section is renumbered as
                Section 2.3(b), is amended by deleting the semi-colon and replacing
                it
                with “except as provided in Section
                2.2;”.

            

    

    

    
      	
              5.

            	
              The
                current Section 3.1(d) (iv) of the Agreement, as added by Amendment
                No. 1,
                is deleted and replaced with:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (iv)

            	
              any
                costs of any kind or nature whatsoever that Edison and CIPS incur
                at any
                time, if approved by Nicor, to perform indemnification and/or defense
                obligations under written agreements with the Mutual Life Insurance
                Company of New York and/or Ares Realty Capital, Inc. concerning in
                any way
                whatsoever potential manufactured gas plant materials at the Southtowne
                Shopping Center;

            

    

    
      	 	
              (v)

            	
              any
                costs of any kind or nature whatsoever that Edison and CIPS incur
                at any
                time, if approved by Nicor, to perform indemnification and/or defense
                obligations under written agreements with consultants, or the current
                or
                former owners of all or part of the DuQuoin MGP Site, or land adjacent
                thereto, concerning in any way whatsoever manufactured gas plant
                material;

            

    

    

    
      	
              6.

            	
              The
                current Section 3.1(d) (v) of the Agreement, as added by Amendment
                No. 1,
                is renumbered as Section 3.1(d)
                (vi).

            

    

    

    
      	
              7.

            	
              Section
                3.1 of the Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is amended by:
                (1)
                deleting the period at the end of Section 3.1(d) and replacing it
                with a
                semi-colon and the word “and” and adding the following after Section
                3.1(d):

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              e.

            	
              all
                costs incurred for Kenilworth and Rockford (Avon and Cedar) since
                December
                1, 1997;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              f.

            	
              all
                costs incurred for Murphysboro II (Big Muddy) since December 1, 1997,
                minus all amounts ultimately paid by
                Ameren/CIPS.

            

    

    

    
      	
              8.

            	
              Section
                6.8, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is amended to read, in pertinent
                part,
                as follows:

            

    

    

    ;
      provided, however, that such condition shall not apply to the Final Cost
      Allocation for the Shared Costs for the Four Sites added by Amendment No. 1
      and
      then Ten Sites added in this Amendment No.2. The allocation of Shared Costs
      for
      each of the Four Sites and the Ten Sites may range from 0% to 100% for either
      Utility.

    

    
      	
              9.

            	
              The
                beginning of the first line of Section 6.8 (a), as amended in Amendment
                No. 1, shall be amended to read as follows: “Except with respect to the
                Four and the Ten Sites.”

            

    

    

    
      	
              10.

            	
              The
                fourth line of Section 6.8(b), as amended in Amendment No. 1, shall
                be
                amended to read, in pertinent part, as follows: “except with respect to
                the Four Sites and the Ten Sites”. 

            

    

    

    
      	
              11.

            	
              Section
                8(e) is amended by deleting the current text and replacing it with:
                each
                Utility will cooperate, as provided in Attachment D, in the execution
                of
                any manifests needed involving the removal of
                waste;

            

    

    

    
      	
              12.

            	
              Section
                9 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the period at the end of
                Section
                9(c), replacing it with a semi-colon and then inserting the
                following:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              d)

            	
              neither
                Edison nor Nicor will assert laches against the other in any proceeding
                regarding possible remediation or investigation (including a cause
                of
                action regarding the Utilities’ respective potential liability for Shared
                Costs for a site or sites on the Site List or the allocation of Shared
                Costs between the Utilities for a site or sites on the Site List)
                arising
                from or relating to any of the sites on the Site List. This waiver
                shall
                apply only to sites on the Site List for which the Utilities have
                agreed
                to allocate Shared Costs within the meaning of Section 1.1 or Section
                3 of
                the Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	
              13.

            	
              Section
                8(f) is amended by deleting the period and replacing it with a semi-colon
                and the following:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              g)

            	
              designate
                a Coordinator/Utility for each site or portion thereof purchased
                in
                accordance with Section 2.2(b), and it shall be the Coordinator/Utility’s
                responsibility to actively manage the Utilities’ ownership interests,
                subject to the direction of the Management Committee established
                under
                Attachment C.

            

    

    

    
      	
              14.

            	
              Section
                26 of the Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is amended by
                deleting
                it and replacing it with the
                following:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              26.

            	
              Certain
                costs.
                If
                the Utilities incur Shared Costs that they agree that they need to
                incur
                prior to the approval or disapproval of Amendment No. 1 or Amendment
                No. 2
                to the Interim Cooperative Agreement by the Illinois Commerce Commission
                (to the extent such approval is required by Section 7-102 of the
                Public
                Utilities Act), the Utilities shall act in accordance with Amendment
                No. 1
                or Amendment No. 2 to the Interim Cooperative Agreement with regard
                to
                such Shared Costs, including, but not limited to, the condition that
                each
                Utility will pay, on an interim basis, 50% of the costs that it agrees
                to
                incur for a site.

            

    

    

    
      	
              15.

            	
              The
                following Section 28 is added to the
                Agreement:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              28.

            	
               Terms.
                Each defined term stated in a singular form shall include the plural
                form
                and each defined term stated in a plural form shall include the singular
                form. The term “consultant” includes “contractor” and the term
                “contractor” includes “consultant”.

            

    

    

    
      	
              16.

            	
              Section
                5.2 of Attachment C is amended by inserting the following after the
                second
                sentence:

            

    

    

    Notwithstanding
      any other provision of this Agreement, the Utilities recognize that it may
      be
      cost efficient and mutually beneficial for the Management Committee to approve
      the purchase of certain equipment that can be used at more than one MGP
      site.

    

    
      	
              17.

            	
              Section
                2.4 of Attachment C is amended by inserting the following sentence
                after
                the last sentence of the current Section
                2.4:

            

    

    

    All
      costs
      that either Utility recovers from a third party, such as pursuant to an
      indemnification claim against a consultant, in connection with any claims or
      suits brought against either Utility arising out of operations hereunder shall
      be distributed between the Utilities, on an interim and final basis, in the
      same
      manner that Shared Costs for that site are allocated between the Utilities
      on an
      interim and final basis, provided, however, that any recovery by either Utility
      from an insurance policy of the cost of remediation shall not be considered
      a
      claim or suit arising from operations for purposes of this Section
      2.4

    

    
      	
              18.

            	
              The
                effective date (“Effective Date”) of this Amendment shall be the date of
                the last party to execute this Amendment. This Amendment may be executed
                in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
                but
                all of which together shall constitute one and the same
                instrument.

            

    

    

    
      	
              19.

            	
              As
                hereinabove amended, the Agreement will remain in full force and
                effect.

            

    

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, each Utility designated below enters into this Amendment.
      Each
      person signing this Amendment represents and warrants that he or she has been
      duly authorized to enter into this Amendment by the company or entity on whose
      behalf it is indicted that the person is signing.

    

    

    

    

    

    Dated:
      March
      6, 2000                 Party:
      Commonwealth
      Edison Company

    

    

    

    By:
      /s/
      MARY F. O’TOOLE____________

    (Signature)

    

     

    Mary
      F. O’Toole             Environmental
      Services Manager 

    (Name
      and
      Title)

    

    Dated:
      February
      23, 2000             Party:
Nicor
      Gas 

    

    By:
      ___/s/
      BRIAN C. ELLIOTT      2/23/00____________

    (Signature)

    

    

    Brian
      C. Elliott         Vice
      President______________

    (Name
      and
      Title)

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    

    

    Attachment
      D

    

    Waste
      Manifest Agency Agreement and Procedures

    

    

    

    1. Pursuant
      to Section 8(e) of the Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Interim
      Agreement, each Utility has agreed to cooperate in the execution of any
      manifests needed involving the removal of waste from any MGP site listed in
      Attachment A.

    

    2. 
      Each
      Utility may elect to delegate authority on a site-by-site basis to a specific
      individual(s) employed by either Utility (“Utility Agent”) to execute any
      manifests needed involving the removal of waste from any MGP site subject to
      the
      Interim Agreement. The Utility Agent that executes any such manifests for a
      particular site shall be employed by the Coordinator/Utility for the site.
      Each
      Utility also may agree to delegate agency authority to execute waste manifests
      on a site-by-site basis to a specific individual(s) employed by the consultant
      (“Consultant Agent”) previously found to be mutually acceptable pursuant to
      Section 8(a) of the Interim Agreement for the particular site.

     

    3. This
      agency authority shall apply only to manufactured gas plant related wastes
      removed from a site subject to the Agreement at which site the Utilities have
      agreed to incur costs pursuant to Section 1.1 of the Agreement.

    

    4. To
      effectuate this agency authority for a particular MGP site, each Utility and,
      as
      appropriate, each approved contractor, shall execute a form substantially the
      same in form and substance as Exhibit 1 (“Delegation Form”). A Delegation Form,
      substantially the same in form and substance as Exhibit 1, shall be necessary
      for each MGP site. Each Delegation Form shall include the
      following:

     

    
      a.
        the
        MGP site covered by the agency authority.

    a.
      the
      dates upon which the agency authority commences and terminates;

    

    b. the
      specific names of the individual(s) who are authorized to execute manifests
      on

    

    behalf
      of
      the Utilities;

    

    
      	 	
              c.

            	
              specific
                directions that the agent execute the manifests as follows: “[insert name]
                on behalf of Commonwealth Edison Company and Nicor
                Gas”;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              d.

            	
              specific
                directions that any third-party agent ship wastes only to facilities
                approved, in writing, by the Utilities and only by shipping companies
                and
                methods approved, in writing, by the Utilities;
                and

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              e.

            	
              signatures
                from personnel of both Utilities who are duly authorized to delegate
                agency authority to execute waste
                manifests.

            

    

    

    5. The
      Coordinator/Utility shall be responsible for complying with any and all
      exception, discrepancy, annual and other reporting obligations associated with
      shipments covered by this agency agreement regardless of whether the manifests
      for the site are executed by a Utility Agent or Consultant Agent. At the end
      of
      each calendar quarter of each year (i.e.,
      March
      31, June 30, September 30 and December 31), the Coordinator/Utility also shall
      forward copies all manifests executed by the designated disposal facility and
      returned to the Coordinator/Utility during that calendar quarter.

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