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File No. 70-8605
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1 to Form U-1
APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC.
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
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(Name of Company or Companies Filing This Statement
and Addresses of the Principal Executive Offices)
THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC.
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(Name of Top Registered Holding Company Parent of
Each Applicant or Declarant)
L. J. BAINTER, TREASURER
The Columbia Gas System, Inc.
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
D. P. DETAR, TREASURER
TriStar Ventures Corporation
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
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(Name and Address of Principal Agents for Service)
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Item 1 of the Application-Declaration as filed is hereby amended as follows:
On p. 10, delete the last sentence from the carryover paragraph
from p.9 and replace it with the following:
"The organizational documents governing such entities would
expressly limit the activities of these corporations to NGV Activities."
On p. 11, delete the last sentence from the carryover paragraph
from p. 10 and replace it with the following:
"The organizational documents governing such partnerships or joint
ventures would expressly limit the activities of these entities to NGV
Activities."
On p. 12, delete the first sentence under "IV. Authorizations
Sought" and replace it with the following:
"Columbia, TVC and TNGV request that TNGV be authorized to engage
in the above described NGV Activities and to obtain funds from time to time
through December 31, 1996, to finance such NGV Activities through the sale of
shares of TVC common stock, $25 par value, to Columbia at or above par value,
and the sale of shares of TNGV Common Stock, $25 par value, to TVC at or above
par value, provided that the aggregate amount of funds obtained by TVC from
Columbia, and by TNGV from TVC, outstanding at any one time for NGV Activities
shall not exceed $7 million."
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this
Application-Declaration to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
The signatures of the applicants and of the persons signing on
their behalf are restricted to the information contained in this application
which is pertinent to the application of the respective companies.
THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC.
Date: April 18, 1995 By: /s/ L. J. Bainter
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L. J. Bainter
Treasurer
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
Dated: April 18, 1995 By: /s/ D. P. Detar
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D. P. Detar
Treasurer
