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File No. 70-8471
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form U-1
JOINT APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. COLUMBIA ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION 2581 Washington Road
COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION Upper Saint Clair, PA 15241
COLUMBIA ATLANTIC TRADING CORPORATION
TRISTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION COMPANY
TRISTAR PEDRICK LIMITED CORPORATION 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E.
TRISTAR PEDRICK GENERAL CORPORATION Charleston, WV 25314
TRISTAR BINGHAMTON LIMITED CORPORATION
TRISTAR BINGHAMTON GENERAL CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT
TRISTAR VINELAND LIMITED CORPORATION CORPORATION
TRISTAR VINELAND GENERAL CORPORATION One Riverway
TRISTAR RUMFORD LIMITED CORPORATION Houston, TX 77056
TRISTAR GEORGETOWN GENERAL CORPORATION
TRISTAR GEORGETOWN LIMITED CORPORATION COMMONWEALTH PROPANE, INC.
TRISTAR FUEL CELLS CORPORATION COLUMBIA PROPANE CORPORATION
TVC NINE CORPORATION 800 Moorefield Park Drive
TVC TEN CORPORATION Richmond, VA 23236
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807 COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC.
COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC.
COLUMBIA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. COLUMBIA GAS OF MARYLAND, INC.
COLUMBIA COAL GASIFICATION CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
900 Pennsylvania Avenue COMMONWEALTH GAS SERVICES, INC.
Charleston, WV 25302 200 Civic Center Drive
Columbus, OH 43215
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(Names of company or companies filing this statement
and addresses of 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
(Name and address of agent for service)
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(Other Agents for Service are Listed on the Reverse Side of the Front Cover)
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Names and Addresses of Subsidiary Company Agents for Service:
W. H. HARMON, Treasurer D. L. GELBAUGH, Vice President
Columbia Natural Resources, Inc. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.
Columbia Coal Gasification Corp. Columbia Gas. of Kentucky, Inc.
900 Pennsylvania Avenue Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc.
Charleston, West Virginia 25302 Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc.
D. DETAR, Treasurer 200 Civic Center Drive
TriStar Ventures Corporation Columbus, Ohio 43215
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19807
S. L. PARKS-DOWNEY, Asst. Treasurer
J. W. GROSSMAN, Treasurer Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
Columbia LNG Corporation 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E.
Columbia Atlantic Trading Corp. Charleston, West Virginia 25314
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19807 J. R. LISENBY, Treasurer
Columbia Gas Development Corp.
L. J. BAINTER, Vice President One Riverway
Columbia Gas System Service Corp. Houston, Texas 77056
TriStar Capital Corporation
20 Montchanin Road ROBERT GUSTAFSON, Controller
Wilmington, Delaware 19807 Columbia Energy Services corp.
2581 Washington Road
H. F. HAYES, Treasurer Upper Saint Clair, Pennsylvania 15241
Commonwealth Propane, Inc.
Columbia Propane Corporation
800 Moorefield Park Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23236
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(Names and Addresses of Other Agents for Service)
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The Application-Declaration as previously filed is hereby amended as
follows:
Item 6. Exhibits and Financial Statements.
(a) Exhibit
F-2 Opinion of Counsel for Columbia and Subsidiaries
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this Declaration to be
signed on their 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: February 23, 1995 By: /s/ L. J. Bainter
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L. J. Bainter, Treasurer
COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC.
COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC.
COLUMBIA GAS OF MARYLAND, INC.
COMMONWEALTH GAS SERVICES, INC.
COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY
COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
COLUMBIA PROPANE CORPORATION
COMMONWEALTH PROPANE, INC.
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION
COLUMBIA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
COLUMBIA ATLANTIC TRADING CORPORATION
COLUMBIA COAL GASIFICATION CORPORATION
COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION
COLUMBIA ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
TRISTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION
Date: February 23, 1995 By: /s/ L. J. Bainter
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L. J. Bainter, Vice President
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
TRISTAR PEDRICK LIMITED CORPORATION
TRISTAR PEDRICK GENERAL CORPORATION
TRISTAR BINGHAMTON LIMITED CORPORATION
TRISTAR BINGHAMTON GENERAL CORPORATION
TRISTAR VINELAND LIMITED CORPORATION
TRISTAR VINELAND GENERAL CORPORATION
TRISTAR RUMFORD LIMITED CORPORATION
TRISTAR FUEL CELLS CORPORATION
TRISTAR GEORGETOWN GENERAL CORPORATION
TRISTAR GEORGETOWN LIMITED CORPORATION
TVC NINE CORPORATION
TVC TEN CORPORATION
Date: February 23, 1995 By: /s/ D. P. Detar
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D. P. Detar, Treasurer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(a) Exhibit
F-2 Opinion of Counsel for Columbia and Subsidiaries
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Exhibit F-2
February 23, 1995
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Gentlemen:
Re: The Columbia Gas System, Inc., et al.
File No. 70-8471
As counsel for The Columbia Gas System, Inc. ("Columbia"), a
Delaware corporation and a holding company registered under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 (the "Act"), and at its request, I deliver to you
this Opinion for filing as Exhibit F-2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Joint Application-Declaration on Form U-1 (File No. 70-8471) of Columbia and
certain of its subsidiary companies, including Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.,
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.,
Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc., Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc., Columbia LNG
Corporation, Columbia Gas Development Corporation, Columbia Gulf Transmission
Company, Columbia Atlantic Trading Corporation, Columbia Coal Gasification
Corporation, Columbia Energy Services Corporation, Commonwealth Propane, Inc.,
Columbia Propane Corporation, Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, TriStar
Ventures Corporation ("TVC"), TriStar Capital Corporation and Columbia Natural
Resources, Inc. (the "Subsidiaries") and by certain subsidiaries of TVC,
namely: TriStar Pedrick Limited Corporation, TriStar Pedrick General
Corporation, TriStar Binghamton Limited Corporation, TriStar Binghamton General
Corporation, TriStar Vineland Limited Corporation, TriStar Vineland General
Corporation, TriStar Rumford Limited Corporation, TriStar Georgetown General
Corporation, TriStar Georgetown Limited Corporation, TriStar Fuel Cells
Corporation, TVC Nine Corporation, and TVC Ten Corporation (hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "TriStar Subsidiaries"), relating to the
participation by the TriStar Subsidiaries as investors but not as borrowers in
the Intrasystem Money Pool, as more fully described in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposed Transactions").
In connection with the above, I have examined:
(i) The Application-Declaration as amended by Amendment
Nos. 1 and 2 and Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1, 2 and
3 (hereinafter the "Application-Declaration");
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(ii) a copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Columbia, as amended;
(iii) the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District
of Delaware dated August 2, 1991;
(iv) the Notice of Proposed Transaction dated February 3,
1995 (HCAR No. 26228) and the Order previously issued
dated December 22, 1994 (HCAR No. 26201); and
(v) such other documents, records and matters of law as I
deemed necessary to enable me to render this Opinion.
Based upon the foregoing and relying thereupon, I am of the
opinion that, assuming the Proposed Transactions are consummated in accordance
with the Application-Declaration, and all taxes and Government charges in
connection with such transactions are paid:
(a) all state laws applicable to the Proposed
Transactions will have been complied with;
(b) Subsidiaries and TriStar Subsidiaries advancing
funds under the terms of the System Money Pool
will have a valid claim against each of the
Subsidiaries, to whom funds are advanced
pursuant to the Intrasystem Money Pool, for the
amounts so advanced; and
(c) the consummation of the Proposed Transactions
will not violate the legal rights of the
holders of any securities issued by Columbia,
the Subsidiaries, the TriStar Subsidiaries, or
by any associate company thereof.
I hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion as an Exhibit to
the Application-Declaration.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Joyce Koria Hayes
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Joyce Koria Hayes
Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
