EXHIBIT 99

    CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
          RELATING TO A PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      I, Eugene V. N. Bissell, Chief Executive Officer, and I, Martha B.
Lindsay, Chief Financial Officer, of each of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation and the General Partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), AmeriGas Finance Corp.
("Finance Corp.") , AmeriGas Eagle Finance Corp.( "Eagle Finance Corp.") and AP
Eagle Finance Corp. ( "AP Finance Corp." and collectively with the Partnership,
Finance Corp. and Eagle Finance Corp., the "Registrant") hereby certify that:

      (1)   The Registrant's periodic report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
            June 30, 2002 (the "Form 10-Q") fully complies with the requirements
            of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
            and

      (2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.


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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                              CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


   /s/ Eugene V. N. Bissell                             /s/ Martha B. Lindsay
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Eugene V. N. Bissell                                 Martha B. Lindsay

Date:  August 13, 2002                               Date:  August 13, 2002
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