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                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
                    [As last amended in Release No. 35-26031,
                     effective May 31, 1994, 59 F.R. 21992.]

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                               Calendar Year 1998

                                 FORM U-12(I)-B

          STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(i) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
           COMPANY ACT OF 1935 BY A PERSON EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A
             REGISTERED HOLDING COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND
                   WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY ROUTINE
                       EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE 71(b)

  (To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

1.  Name and business address of person filing statement. Michael D. Walker,
      Certificates - Team Leader, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, P.O.
      Box 1273, Charleston, WV 25325-1273 
2.  Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the undersigned
    proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
    paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.
      None
3.  Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
    undersigned is regularly employed or retained.
      Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation which is a subsidiary of the 
      Columbia Energy Group
4.  Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or retained by
    each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of nature of
    services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.
      Certificates - Team Leader. Supervision of staff which prepares and
      manages Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation's applications for
      certificates of public convenience and necessity.

5.  Compensation received during the current year and estimated to be received
    over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others, directly or
    indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from each of the
    companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary statement
    only.)
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                           Salary or other
                            compensations
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Name of recipient        received     to be                    Person or company from whom
                                     received           received or to be received
                          (a)           (b)
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Michael D. Walker            *            *             Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
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* confidential treatment requested
       (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary. 
               Not applicable.

6.  (To be answered in supplementary statement only. See instructions.) Expenses
    incurred by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above, during the
    calendar year in connection with the activities described in item 4, above,
    and the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

  (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $2,263.00

  (b) Itemized list of all other expenses: 
        No other expenses.

Date: January 25, 1999                       (Signed) Michael D. Walker
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