UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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IN THE MATTER OF
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY 3rd CERTIFICATE
FILE NO. 70-8291 PURSUANT TO RULE 24
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)
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This is to certify, pursuant to Rule 24 under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, that the transaction referred to below
has been carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the
purpose represented by the Declarations of National Fuel Gas Company
("National"), as amended, in the above file, and pursuant to the Order dated
November 30, 1993, of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
thereto ("Order"), except as noted in this Certificate. National regrets that it
failed to file this Certificate in a more timely matter as a result of personnel
changes which occurred in proximity with the transaction referred to below.
The Order authorized one of National's subsidiaries, Empire
Exploration, Inc. ("Empire") to acquire certain assets, plus all the outstanding
stock of KEX, Inc. ("KEX"), in transactions previously reported on Rule 24
Certificates. The Order also included a reference to National's proposal that
"KEX be dissolved and merged into Empire within two years of the consummation of
the Agreement and that the KEX common stock be canceled at [that] time." That
merger was completed on September 17, 1996, when KEX merged with and into Seneca
Resources Corporation ("Seneca"), successor by merger to Empire. As part of the
KEX/Seneca merger, the common stock of KEX was canceled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, National has caused this Certificate to be executed
this 21st day of June, 1999.
By: /s/ James R. Peterson
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James R. Peterson
Assistant Secretary
