UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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In the Matter of
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY NINTH
NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION CERTIFICATE
NATIONAL FUEL GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION PURSUANT TO
SENECA RESOURCES CORPORATION RULE 24
NATIONAL FUEL RESOURCES, INC.
File No. 70-8251
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, pursuant to Rule 24, that certain
transactions proposed by National Fuel Gas Company ("National") and certain of
its subsidiaries, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation ("Distribution
Corporation"), National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation ("Supply Corporation"),
Seneca Resources Corporation ("Seneca"), and National Fuel Resources, Inc.
("NFR")(the "Covered Subsidiaries") in Form U-1, Application-Declaration, File
No. 70-8251, as amended, have been carried out in accordance with the terms and
conditions, and for the purposes as represented by said Application-Declaration,
and the Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (HCAR No. 35-25922 dated
November 12, 1993) with respect thereto, in that, during the quarter ended
December 31, 1996 the following guarantee was made by National on behalf of the
Covered Subsidiary:
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Covered Subsidiary
Date of Recipient of on Whose Behalf Amount of
Guarantee Guarantee Guarantee was Made Guarantee
11/20/96 Indeck-Yerkes National Fuel $1,000,000
Limited Partnership Resources, Inc.
12/12/96 National Fuel Gas National Fuel $ 250,000
Distribution Corp. Resources, Inc.
In accordance with HCAR No. 35-25922 the guarantee listed
above remains in effect until the earlier of (i) a date prior to December 31,
1998, or (ii) written notice of cancellation from guarantor.
February 7, 1997
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
By:/s/Gerald T. Wehrlin
Gerald T. Wehrlin
Controller
