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August 13, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Form U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Columbia Energy Group
13880 Dulles Corner Lane
Herndon, VA 20171-4600
File No. 70-8925
File No. 70-9129
Gentlemen:
This certificate is notice that the above named company has 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 Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.
Confidential treatment requested.
Very truly yours,
Columbia Energy Group
By: /s/ J. W. Grossman
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J. W. Grossman, Vice President
