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November 14, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Form U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
The Columbia Gas System, Inc., and Subsidiaries
File No. 70-8925
Gentlemen:
This certificate is notice that the above named companies have
issued, renewed, or guaranteed the security or securities as more fully
described in the Application - Declaration, as amended, of which the
Commission issued an order on December 22, 1996, (HCAR No. 35-26634;
70-8925). The security or securities issued, renewed, or guaranteed in this
filing are exempt from the provision of Section 6(a) of the Act.
Confidential treatment requested
Very truly yours,
The Columbia Gas System, Inc.
By: //s//J. W. Grossman
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J. W. Grossman, Vice President