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[GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL & RIGGS, L.L.P.]
July 22, 1997
Via EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Eagle Geophysical, Inc.
Form 8-A 12B - Request for Withdrawal
File No. 001-13193
Dear Sir or Madam;
On behalf of Eagle Geophysical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Registrant"), we hereby request that the Registration on Form 8-A, File No.
001-13193, filed with the Commission by EDGAR on July 18, 1997, be withdrawn.
This Registration was erroneously filed as a registration under Section 12(b)
of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. The Registrant intends to re-submit
a Registration on Form 8-A under Section 12(g).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the
undersigned at (713) 308-5864.
Sincerely,
/s/ William Mark Young
William Mark Young
