Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 24, 1996 / Notices 1969

1Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. (‘‘Columbia

Pennsylvania), 200 Civic Center Drive, Columbus,

Ohio 43215; Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (‘‘Columbia

Ohio’’), 200 Civic Center Drive, Columbus, Ohio

43215; Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. (‘‘Columbia

Maryland, Inc. ‘‘Columbia Maryland’’), 200 Civic

Center Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43215; Columbia Gas

of Kentucky, Inc. (‘‘Columbia Kentucky’’), 200 Civic

Center Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43215;

Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc.

(‘‘Commonwealth Services’’), 200 Civic Center

Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43215; Columbia Gulf

Transmission Co. (‘‘Columbia Gulf’’), 1700

MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, West Virginia

25314; Columbia Gas Development Corp.

(‘‘Columbia Development’’), One Riverway,

Houston, Texas 77056; Columbia Natural

Resources, Inc. (‘‘Columbia Resources’’), 900

Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia

25302; Columbia Coal Gasification Corp.

(‘‘Columbia Coal’’), 900 Pennsylvania Avenue,

Charleston, West Virginia 25302; Columbia Energy

Services Corp. (‘‘Columbia Services’’), 2581

Washington Road, Upper Saint Clair, Pennsylvania

15241; Columbia Gas System Service Corp.

(‘‘Service Corporation’’), 20 Montchanin Road,

Wilmington, Delaware 19807; Columbia Propane

Corp. (‘‘Columbia Propane’’), 800 Moorehead Park

Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23236; Commonwealth

Propane, Inc. (‘‘Commonwealth Propane’’), 800

Moorefield Park Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23236;

Tristar Ventures Corp. (‘‘TriStar Ventures’’), 20

Montchanin Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19807;

Tristar Capital Corp. (‘‘TriStar Capital’’), 20

Montchanin Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19807;

Columbia Atlantic Trading Corp. (‘‘Columbia

Atlantic’’), 20 Montchanin Road, Wilmington,

Delaware 19807; Columbia LNG Corp. (‘‘Columbia

LNG’’), 20 Montchanin Road, Wilmington,

Delaware 19807; Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

(‘‘Gas Transmission’’), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE,

Charleston, West Virginia, 25314; and Columbia

Energy Marketing Corp. (‘‘Energy Marketing), 2581

Washington Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15241.

2TriStar Pedrick Limited Corporation, TriStar

Pedrick General Corporation, TriStar Binghamton

Limited Corporation, TriStar Binghamton General

Corporation, TriStar Vineland Limited Corporation,

TriStar Vineland General Corporation, TriStar

Rumford Limited Corporation, TriStar Georgetown

General Corporation, TriStar Georgetown Limited

Corporation, TriStar Fuel Cells Corporation, TVC

Nine Corporation, and TVC Ten Corporation, all of

20 Montchanin Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19807.

3Columbia Pennsylvania, Columbia Ohio,

Columbia Maryland, Columbia Kentucky,

Commonwealth Services, Columbia Gulf, Columbia

Development, Columbia Resources, Columbia Coal,

Service Corporation, Columbia Propane,

Commonwealth Propane, TriStar Capital, and

Columbia Atlantic.

4Columbia, Columbia Maryland, and thirty other

subsidiary companies of Columbia have pending

before the Commission a post-effective amendment

that seeks authorization for the sale of securities by

Columbia Maryland to Columbia, the proceeds of

which will be used to refund other securities

previously sold by Columbia Maryland to Columbia

and to meet the capital needs of Columbia

Maryland in 1996. The Commission issued a notice

of the filing of the post-effective amendment on

November 17, 1995 (HCAR No. 26411).

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

February 8, 1996, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549, 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 shall

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 said date, the application(s) and/

or declaration(s), as filed or as amended,

may be granted and/or permitted to

become effective.

Columbia Gas System, Inc. et al. (70–

8471)

Columbia Gas System, Inc.

(‘‘Columbia’’), 20 Montchanin Road,

Wilmington, Delaware, 19807, a

registered holding company, nineteen

wholly-owned subsidiary companies of

Columbia,1 all of which are engaged in

the natural gas business, and twelve

subsidiary companies of TriStar

Ventures Subsidiaries’’),2 have filed a

post-effective amendment to the

application-declaration previously filed

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

and 12(f) of the Act and Rules 42, 43,

45, and 46 thereunder.

By order dated December 22, 1994

(HCAR No. 26201), (‘‘Order’’),

Columbia, and fourteen of the

subsidiary companies (‘‘Subsidiaries’’),3

were authorized to recapitalize

Columbia Gulf, Columbia Development,

and Columbia Coal, to implement the

1995 and 1996 Long-Term and ShortTerm Financing Programs of the

Subsidiaries, and to continue the

Intrasystem Money Pool (‘‘Money Pool’’)

through 1996.

By order dated March 14, 1995 (HCAR

No. 26251), the TriStar Ventures

Subsidiaries were authorized to invest

in, but not to borrow from, the Money

Pool. By order dated November 8, 1995

(HCAR No. 26404), Gas Transmission

and Energy Marketing were authorized

to invest in, but not to borrow from, the

Money Pool.4

Columbia now proposes that the cost

of money on all short-term advances

from, and the investment rate for money

invested in, the Money Pool will be the

interest rate per annum (i) equal to the

composite weighted average rate on

short-term borrowings by Columbia

deposited in the Money Pool and/or the

weighted average short-term investment

rate of the Money Pool, or (ii) should

there be no Columbia short-term

borrowings deposited in the Money Pool

and no Money Pool investments, the

interest rate will be the average Federal

Funds rate published in the Federal

Reserve Statistical Release, Publication

H.15(519). A default rate equal to 2%

per annum above the pre-default rate on

unpaid principal or interest amounts

will be assessed if interest or principal

payment becomes past due.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1038 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[Investment Company Act Release No.

21688; 811–8446]

Van Kampen Merritt California Quality

Municipal Trust II; Notice of

Application

January 18, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Deregistration under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANT: Van Kampen Merritt

California Quality Municipal Trust II.

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Section 8 (f).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant

requests an order declaring that it has

ceased to be an investment company.

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on December 27, 1995.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicant with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

February 12, 1996, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on the

applicant, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC. 20549.

Applicant, One Parkview Plaza,

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane L. Titus, Paralegal Specialist, at

(202) 942–0584, or H.R. Hallock, Jr.,

Special Counsel, at (202) 942–0564

(Division of Investment Management,

Office of Investment Company

Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the
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application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch.

Applicant’s Representations

1. Applicant is a closed-end,

diversified management investment

company organized as a Massachusetts

business trust. On or about March 25,

1994, applicant registered under the Act

and filed a registration statement under

the Securities Act of 1933. Applicant’s

registration statement was not declared

effective, and applicant has made no

public offering of its shares.

2. Applicant has never issued or sold

shares of which it is the issuer.

Applicant has no shareholders,

liabilities, or assets. Applicant is not

party to any litigation or administrative

proceeding.

3. Applicant is not engaged, and does

not propose to engage, in any business

activities other than those necessary for

the winding-up of its affairs.

For the SEC, by the Division of Investment

Management, under delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1039 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[Investment Company Act Release No.

21686; 811–4805]

Van Kampen Merritt Growth Fund (A

Series of Van Kampen American

Capital Equity Trust); Notice of

Application

January 18, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Deregistration under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANT: Van Kampen Merritt Growth

Fund (a series of Van Kampen American

Capital Equity Trust, formerly a subtrust of Van Kampen Merritt Equity

Trust).

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Section 8(f).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant

requests an order declaring that it has

ceased to be an investment company.

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on December 27, 1995.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicant with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

February 12, 1996, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on the

applicant, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Applicant, One Parkview Plaza,

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane L. Titus, Paralegal Specialist, at

(202) 942–0584, or H.R. Hallock, Jr.,

Special Counsel, at (202) 942–0564

(Division of Investment Management,

Office of Investment Company

Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch.

Applicant’s Representations

1. Applicant is an open-end,

diversified management investment

company organized as a sub-trust of a

Massachusetts business trust. On or

about April 19, 1988, applicant

registered under the Act and a filed

registration statement under the

Securities Act of 1933. Applicant’s

registration statement was declared

effective on October 29, 1986, but

applicant has made no public offering of

its shares.

2. Applicant has never issued or sold

shares of which it is the issuer.

Applicant has no shareholders,

liabilities, or assets. Applicant is not a

party to any litigation or administrative

proceeding.

3. Applicant is not engaged, and does

not propose to engage, in any business

activities other than those necessary for

the winding-up of its affairs.

For the SEC, by the Division of Investment

Management, under delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1040 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[Investment Company Act Release No.

21687; 811–8444]

Van Kampen Merritt New York Quality

Municipal Trust II; Notice of

Application

January 18, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Deregistration under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANT: Van Kampen Merritt New

York Quality Municipal Trust II.

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Section 8(f).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant

requests an order declaring that it has

ceased to be an investment company.

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on December 27, 1995.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicant with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

February 12, 1996, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on the

applicant, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Applicant, One Parkview Plaza,

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane L. Titus, Paralegal Specialist, at

(202) 942–0584, or H.R. Hallock, Jr.,

Special Counsel, at (202) 942–0564

(Division of Investment Management,

Office of Investment Company

Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch.

Applicant’s Representations

1. Applicant is a closed-end, nondiversified management investment

company organized as a Massachusetts

business trust. On or about March 25,

1994, applicant registered under the Act

and filed a registration statement under

the Securities Act of 1933. Applicant’s

registration statement was not declared

effective, and applicant has made no

public offering of its shares.

2. Applicant has never issued or sold

shares of which it is the issuer.

Applicant has no shareholders,

liabilities, or assets. Applicant is not a

party to any litigation or administrative

proceeding.

3. Applicant is not engaged, and does

not propose to engage, in any business