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February 17, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Form U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Columbia Energy Group
File No. 70-8925
File No. 70-9129
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 orders on
December 23, 1996, (HCAR No. 35-26634; 70-8925) and December 22, 1997, (HCAR No.
35-26798; 70-9129). 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,
Columbia Energy Group
By: //s// J. W. Grossman
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J. W. Grossman, Vice President
