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1 15 U.S.C. 78l(d). 2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

3Notice of this application was previously issued

by the Commission as Securities Exchange Act

Release No. 43267 on September 8, 2000. Such

notice, however, failed to appear in the Federal

Register, as required, and so is being reissued.

4 15 U.S.C. 78l(g). 5 15 U.S.C. 78m.

review Year 2000 FAIR Act inventories,

and will also include the web-site

addresses to access agency inventories.

The ‘‘Federal Activities Inventory

Reform Act of 1998’’ (Public Law 105–

270) (‘‘FAIR Act’’) requires that OMB

publish an announcement of public

availability of agency Commercial

Activities Inventories upon completion

of OMB’s review and consultation

process concerning the content of the

agencies’ inventory submissions. OMB

has completed this process for the

agencies listed below. Further

announcements will be published as

OMB and the agencies complete their

review and consultation process.

The attached Commercial Activities

Inventories are now available.

Jacob J. Lew,

Director.

Attachment

Agency Contact

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ............................................... Carol McLain, 202–606–8511, Website: www.Achp.gov.

More information contact: Sharon Conway, 202–606–8648, For challenges and appeals contact: Carol McLain.

Broadcasting Board of Governors ............................................................ Dennis Sokol, 202–619–3988, Website: www.ibb.gov/fairact, Can provide hard copy if needed.

Chemical Safety Board ............................................................................. Phylliis Thompson, 202–261–7600, Website: www.csb.gov.

More information contact: Faye Gibbons 202–261–7600.

Environmental Protection Agency ............................................................ George Ames, 202–564–4998, Website: www.epa.gov/efinpage (Whats

News).

Environmental Protection Agency ............................................................ John Jones, 202–260–3137, Website: www.epa.gov/oigearth.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ........................................... Allan fisher, 202–663–4200

More information contact: George Betters, 202–663–4266, For Challenges and Appeals contact: George Betters and legal counsel.

Federal Labor Relations Authority ............................................................ Harold D. Kessler, 202–482–6690 ext. 440, Website: www.flra.gov.

Federal Medication and Conciliation Service ........................................... George Buckingham 202–606–8100, Website: www.fmcs.gov.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission ............................ Richard Baker, 202–653–5625, Website: www.fmshrc.gov.

Holocaust Memorial Council and Museum .............................................. Jay Gaglione, 202–314–0336, Website: Ushmm.org.

Merit Systems Protection Board ............................................................... Douglas Wade, 202–653–6772, Website: www.mspb.gov.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...................................... Timothy Sullivan, 202–358–2215, Website: www.HQ.NASA.gov/fair/.

National Gallery of Art .............................................................................. Bill Roache, 202–842–6329, Website: www.nga.gov.

National Labor Relations Board ............................................................... Harding Darden, 202–273–3970, Website: www.nlrb.gov.

National Mediation Board ......................................................................... June King, 202–692–5010,

Website: www.nmb.gov.

National Science Foundation ................................................................... Gary Scavongelli, 703–292–8102, Website: www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/

getpub?od001.

Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission ................................ Ledia Bernal, 202–606–5390, Website: www.oshrc.gov.

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ...................................... Linda Gwinn, 202–414–3789, Website: www.ofago.gov.

Office of Government Ethics .................................................................... Sean Donohue, 202–208–8000, ext. 1217, Website: www.usoge.gov.

Office of Management and Budget .......................................................... Brian Gillis, 202–395–7250, Website: www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/

procrement.

Office of National Drug Control Policy ..................................................... Tilman Dean, 202–395–6722, Website: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.org.

More information contact: Tilman Dean and General Counsel.

Office of Personnel Management ............................................................. Kenneth McMahill, 202–606–2494, Website: www.opm.gov/procure.

Office of Science & Technology Policy .................................................... Barbara Ferguson, 202–456–6001, Website: www.ostp.gov (Inside

OSTP).

Office of the Special Counsel ................................................................... Jane McFarland, 202–653–9001, Website: www.ics.si.edu.

Department of Veterans Affairs ................................................................ John O’Hara, 202–273–5068, Website: www.va.gov e-mail:

fairact@mail.va.gov, fax: 202–273–5991.

Woodrow Wilson Center ........................................................................... Ms. Ronnie Dempsey, 202–691–4216.

[FR Doc. 00–25344 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (AMRESCO, INC., 10%

Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2003

and 10% Senior Subordinated Notes

Due 2004) File No. 1–11599

September 26, 2000.

AMRESCO, INC., a Delaware

corporation (‘‘Company’’), has filed an

application with the Securities and

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’),

pursuant to section 12(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 12d2–2(d)

thereunder,2 to withdraw its 10%

Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003

and its 10% Senior Subordinated Notes

due 2004 (collectively, the ‘‘Securities’’)

from listing and registration on the New

York Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’) 3

In making the decision to withdraw

the Securities from listing and

registration at this time, the Company

has cited the limited number of

registered holders of the Securities. The

Company also notes that it is not

obligated under the indenture under

which the Securities were issued or

under any other documents to maintain

the Securities’ listing on the NYSE or

any other exchange. The Company

believes that the delisting of the

Securities should not have a material

impact on the holders of the Securities.

The Company has stated that it will use

reasonable efforts to obtain market

makers for the Securities.

Additionally, the Company notes that

its Common Stock, $.05 par value, is

currently and shall remain registered

pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act.4

Accordingly, the company’s obligation

to file reports with the commission

pursuant to section 13 of the Act 5 will

remain after the proposed withdrawal of

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6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

1The Commission issued a notice of the Merger

Application in S.E.C. File No. 70–9551, Holding Co.

Act Release No. 27226 (September 1, 2000).

the Securities from listing and

registration on the NYSE.

The Company has stated in its

application to the Commission that it

has complied with the requirements of

NYSE Rule 500, which governs an

issuer’s voluntary withdrawal of

securities from listing on the NYSE.

Any interested person may, on or

before October 18, 2000, submit by letter

to the Secretary of the Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20549–0609, facts

bearing upon whether the application

has been made in accordance with the

rules of Exchange and what terms, if

any, should be imposed by the

Commission for the protection of

investors. The Commission, based on

the information submitted to it, will

issue an order granting the application

after the date mentioned above, unless

the Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.6

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25334 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27236]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

September 26, 2000.

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 amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch 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

October 20, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, and serve

a copy on the relevant application(s)

and/or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts 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 October 20, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

NiSource Inc., et al. (70–9681)

NiSource Inc. (‘‘NiSource’’), an

Indiana corporation, and New NiSource,

Inc. (‘‘New NiSource’’), a Delaware

corporation, both located at 801 East

86th Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana

46410–6272, NiSource’s wholly-owned

public utility subsidiaries (‘‘NiSource

Utility Subsidiaries’’), Northern Indiana

Public Service Company (‘‘Northern

Indiana’’), Kokomo Gas and Fuel

Company (‘‘Kokomo’’) and Northern

Indiana Fuel and Light Company

(‘‘NIFL’’), all located at 801 East 86th

Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410–

6272, Bay State Gas Company (‘‘Bay

State’’) and Northern Utilities, Inc., both

located at 300 Friberg Parkway,

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581–

5039, and Columbia Energy Group

(‘‘Columbia’’), a registered holding

company, located at 13880 Dulles

Corner Lane, Herndon, Virginia 20171–

4600, its five wholly-owned gas utility

subsidiaries, Columbia Gas of Kentucky,

Inc., Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc.,

Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Columbia

Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. and Columbia

Gas of Virginia, Inc. (collectively,

‘‘Columbia Utility Subsidiaries’’ and

together with NiSource Utility

Subsidiaries, ‘‘Utility Subsidiaries’’), all

located at 200 Civic Center Drive,

Columbus, Ohio 43215, and NiSource

and Columbia’s nonutility subsidiaries,

EnergyUSA, Inc. (‘‘Energy USA’’),

Primary Energy, Inc., NiSource Capital

Markets, Inc., NiSource Finance Corp.

(‘‘NiSource Finance’’), NiSource

Pipeline Group, Inc., IWC Resources

Corporation, NiSource Development

Company, Inc., NI Energy Services, Inc.,

Hamilton Harbour Insurance Services,

Ltd., and NiSource Corporate Services

Company, all located at 801 East 86th

Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410–

6272, Columbia Energy Group Service

Corporation, Columbia LNG

Corporation, Columbia Atlantic Trading

Corporation, Columbia Energy Services

Corporation, Columbia Energy Group

Capital Corporation, Columbia Pipeline

Corporation, Columbia Finance

Corporation, and Columbia Electric

Corporation, all located at 13880 Dulles

Corner Lane, Herndon, Virginia 20171–

4600, Columbia Energy Resources, Inc.,

c/o 900 Pennsylvania Avenue,

Charleston, West Virginia 25302,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

and Columbia Transmission

Communications Corporation, both

located at 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–0146, Columbia

Gulf Transmission Company, located at

2603 Augusta, Suite 125, Houston,

Texas 77057, Columbia Network

Services Corporation, located at 1600

Dublin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43215–

1082, Columbia Propane Corporation,

located at 9200 Arboretum Parkway,

Suite 140, Richmond, Virginia 23236,

and Columbia Insurance Corporation,

Ltd., located at 20 Parliament Street,

P.O. Box HM 649, Hamilton HM CX,

Bermuda (‘‘Nonutility Subsidairies’’ and

together with NiSource Utility

Subsidiaries and Columbia Utility

Subsidiaries, ‘‘Subsidiaries’’)

(collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’) have filed

an application declaration under

sections 6(a) 7, 9(a), 10, 12(b), 12(c),

13(b), 32 and 33 of the Act and rules 45,

46, 53, 54, 87, 90, 91, and 92 under the

Act.

I. Background and Summary

NiSource and New NiSource have

previously filed an application (‘‘Merger

Application’’) 1 seeking approvals

required to complete the proposed

acquisition by New NiSource of all of

the issued and outstanding common

stock (‘‘Common Stock’’) of NiSource

and Columbia. This would occur

through mergers of separate subsidiaries

of New NiSource with and into each of

NiSource and Columbia, followed by

the merger of NiSource into New

NiSource. Upon consummation of these

transactions, New NiSource would

immediately be renamed ‘‘NiSource

Inc.’’ and would register as a holding

company under section 5 of the Act.

After the Merger, NiSource would own,

directly or indirectly, all of the issued

and outstanding Common Stock of the

NiSource Utility Subsidiaries and the

Columbia Utility Subsidiaries.

Upon completion of the Merger,

NiSource would also hold, directly or

indirectly, all of the Nonutility

Subsidiaries and investments owned by

NiSource, as well as those currently

owned by Columbia. NiSource has

proposed that it would maintain

Columbia as a direct wholly-owned

subsidiary after the Merger. The merger

application contemplates that Columbia

will remain a registered holding

company, will in turn hold all of the