AMENDMENT AMONG ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P. AND ATLAS PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., ATLAS AMERICA, INC., RESOURCE ENERGY, INC., VIKING RESOURCES CORPORATION, ATLAS NOBLE CORP., AND ATLAS RESOURCES, INC. TO THE MASTER NATURAL GAS GATHERING...

Exhibit 10(q)

AMENDMENT AMONG ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P. AND

ATLAS PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., ATLAS

AMERICA, INC., RESOURCE ENERGY, INC., VIKING RESOURCES

CORPORATION, ATLAS NOBLE CORP., AND ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.

TO THE MASTER NATURAL GAS GATHERING AGREEMENT

DATED FEBRUARY 2, 2000 AND THE NATURAL GAS GATHERING

AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 1, 2002