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August 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
