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File Number 70-8759
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12
to
Form U-1
APPLICATION-DECLARATION UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY
HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
By
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
CNG Tower
625 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3199
CNG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Two Fountain Square, Suite 600
11921 Freedom Drive
Reston, Virginia 20190-5608
Consolidated Natural Gas Company, a registered holding company,
is the parent of the other party
Names and addresses of agents for service:
S. E. WILLIAMS, Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
Consolidated Natural Gas Company
CNG Tower
625 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3199
N. F. CHANDLER, General Attorney
Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company, Inc.
CNG Tower
625 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3199
<PAGE> 2 File Number 70-8759
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12
to
FORM U-1
APPLICATION-DECLARATION UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY
HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
Consolidated Natural Gas Company et al. hereby amend the application-
declaration under the above file number, as most recently amended by Post-
Effective Amendment No. 11, as follows. All page references below are to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 10.
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction
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4. Footnote (7) at the bottom of page 7 is restated to read as follows:
"(7) No further amounts will be expended under prior authorizations in this
proceeding. The following calculation (amounts rounded up to the
nearest hundred thousand) indicates that the $100 million is within the
amount available for investment in this proceeding.
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Aggregate Amount Authorized by HCAR No. 26523: $300,000,000
Final Amount Used by Projects
Previously Authorized:
HCAR No. Amount
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Bolivian,
Argentine and
Uruguay
Pipelines 26595 0
Epic Pipeline 26608 $ 38,800,000
Alinta Pipeline 26824 143,200,000
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Less total Amount Used $182,000,000
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Releasable for Further Investment $118,000,000"
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this amendment to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
By D. M. Westfall
Senior Vice President, Nonregulated
Business and Chief Financial Officer
CNG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By N. F. Chandler
Its attorney
Date: April 9, 1999
