[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 84 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10987]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-27010]


Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
Amended (``Act'')

April 23, 1999.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
declaration(s) and any amendments is/are available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
writing by May 18, 1999, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-0609, and serve a copy on the 
relevant applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified 
below. Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at 
law, by certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for 
hearing should identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are 
disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if 
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the 
matter. After May 18, 1999, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), 
as filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become 
effective.

Columbia Energy Group, et al. (70-9127)

    Columbia Energy Group (``Columbia''), 13880 Dulles Corner Lane, 
Herndon, Virginia 20171-4600, a registered holding company, and its 
nonutility subsidiary companies, Columbia Energy Group Service 
Corporation, Columbia LNG Corporation, CLNG Corporation, Columbia 
Atlantic Trading Corporation, Columbia Energy Services Corporation, 
Columbia Energy Power Marketing Corporation, Columbia Energy Marketing 
Corporation, Energy.Com Corporation, Columbia Service Partners, Inc., 
Columbia Assurance Agency, Inc., Columbia Energy Group Capital 
Corporation, Columbia Deep Water Services Corporation, Columbia 
Electric Corporation, Columbia Electric Pedrick Limited Corporation, 
Columbia Electric Pedrick General Corporation, Columbia Electric 
Binghamton Limited Corporation, Columbia Electric Binghamton General 
Corporation, Columbia Electric Vineland Limited Corporation, Columbia 
Electric Vineland General Corporation, Columbia Electric Rumford 
Limited Corporation, Columbia Electric Limited Holdings Corporation, 
Columbia Electric Liberty Corporation, all located at 13880 Dulles 
Corner Lane, Herndon, Virginia 20171-4600; Columbia Energy Resources, 
Inc., Columbia Natural Resources, Inc., Alamco-Delaware, Inc., Hawg 
Hauling & Disposal, Inc., Clarksburg Gas, L.P., Phoenix-Alamco 
Ventures, L.L.C., Columbia Natural Resources Canada, Ltd. (``CNR 
Canada''), all located c/o 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, West 
Virginia 25302; Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, 12801 Fair Lakes 
Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-0146; Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company, 2603 Augusta, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77057; Columbia 
Network Services Corporation and CNS Microwave, Inc., both located at 
1600 Dublin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43215-1082; Columbia Propane 
Corporation, 9200 Areboretum Parkway, Suite 140, Richmond, Virginia 
23236; and Columbia Insurance Corporation, Ltd., Craig Appin House, 8 
Wesley Street, Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda, have filed a post-effective 
amendment with this Commission under section 9(a) of the Act and rules 
45 and 54 under the Act to an application-declaration filed under 
sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10 and 13(b) of the Act, and rule 54 under the 
Act.
    By order dated January 23, 1998 (HCAR No. 26820), the Commission 
authorized Columbia to invest up to $5 million to acquire oil and 
natural gas leasehold interests in properties located in southern 
Ontario, Canada from Paragon Petroleum Corporation, a Canadian 
corporation. These interests were acquired through CNR Canada, which is 
currently pursuing oil and gas exploration activities on the 
properties.
    Columbia now seeks authority to expand its oil and gas exploration 
activities to other properties in Canada. These activities would be 
conducted by one or more, direct or indirect, existing or to-be-formed, 
non-utility subsidiaries. In connection with the proposed expansion, 
Columbia also seeks authority to increase its investment in these 
activities from $5 million to $55 million.
    Columbia plans to use the increased investment for three purposes. 
The first purpose is for development activities on previously acquired 
properties with proven reserves. The second purpose is for drilling and 
development of proven and probable undeveloped reserves. Third, 
Columbia plans to invest in the acquisition of additional acreage, or 
the drilling rights to additional acreage.

    For the Commission by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10987 Filed 4-30-99; 8:45 am]
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