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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000893220-98-001364
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-6B-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980814
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLUMBIA ENERGY GROUP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000022099
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		IRS NUMBER:				131594808
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-6B-2
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	040-00364
		FILM NUMBER:		98687564

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			RESTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20191-3458
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7032950394

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			RESTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20191-3458

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<PAGE>   1
                                                                 August 14, 1998

                       Securities and Exchange Commission
                                   Form U-6B-2
                           Certificate of Notification
                              Columbia Energy Group
                            13880 Dulles Corner Lane
                             Herndon, VA 20171-4600

                                File No. 70-8925
                                File No. 70-9129


Gentlemen:

         This certificate is notice that the above named companies have issued,
renewed, or guaranteed the security or securities as more fully described in the
Application - Declaration, as amended, of which the Commission issued orders on
December 23, 1996, (HCAR No. 35-26634; 70-8925) and December 22, 1997, (HCAR No.
35-26798; 70-9129). The security or securities issued, renewed, or guaranteed in
this filing are exempt from the provision of Section 6(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.

                           Confidential treatment requested.


                                            Very truly yours,

                                            Columbia Energy Group

                                            By:  /s/ J. W. Grossman
                                                 ------------------------------
                                                 J. W. Grossman, Vice President
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