[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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