-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PBat6HwIF3a8PlpoPLQahyuc+EMgO1O6wswYhomYHNdCotMK1kbiam9BMm8R4Dhk giWsd+gLzfD9pZYF4kGPgQ== 0000070145-03-000018.txt : 20030227 0000070145-03-000018.hdr.sgml : 20030227 20030227131141 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000070145-03-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 35-CERT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030227 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20030227 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000070145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 131086010 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 35-CERT SEC ACT: 1935 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 070-09117 FILM NUMBER: 03582717 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 LAFAYETTE SQ CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14203 BUSINESS PHONE: 7168576980 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 LAFAYETTE SQ STREET 2: 10 LAFAYETTE SQ CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14203 35-CERT 1 sip-nim1q03.htm 1Q03 REPORT twentieth-9117

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.

IN THE MATTER OF
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY,                                                   20th CERTIFICATE
SENECA INDEPENDENCE PIPELINE COMPANY,                           PURSUANT TO RULE 24
NIAGARA INDEPENDENCE MARKETING COMPANY,
ET AL.
FILE NO. 70-9117
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)

        This is to certify, pursuant to Rule 24 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, that the transactions referred to below have 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”), Seneca Independence Pipeline Company (“Seneca”), and Niagara Independence Marketing Company (“Niagara”), et al., as amended, in the above file and pursuant to the Order, dated March 13, 1998, of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto (“Order”).

     The following exhibits are attached to and made a part of this Certificate:

     Exhibit A    Income Statement of Seneca for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).
     Exhibit B    Balance Sheet of Seneca as of December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).
     Exhibit C    Income Statement of Niagara for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).
     Exhibit D    Balance Sheet of Niagara as of December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).
     Exhibit E    Seneca’s Allocated Share of the Profits/Losses of Independence Pipeline Company for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).
     Exhibit F    Niagara’s Allocated Share of the Profits/Losses of DirectLink Gas Marketing Company for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 104(b)).

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned companies have caused this Certificate to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2003.

 NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
 
 By:   /s/ J. R. Peterson
        J. R. Peterson
        Assistant Secretary


 SENECA INDEPENDENCE PIPELINE COMPANY
 
 By:   /s/ W. E. DeForest
        W. E. DeForest
          President, Secretary and Treasurer


 NIAGARA INDEPENDENCE PIPELINE COMPANY
 
 By:   /s/ D. P. Butler
         D. P. Butler
          Secretary
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