As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2000. Registration No. 333-82389 	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 	Washington, D.C. 20549 	POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 	TO 	FORM SB-2 	REGISTRATION STATEMENT	Under 	The Securities Act of 1933 	ATLAS-ENERGY FOR THE NINETIES-PUBLIC #8 LTD. 	(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) 	311 Rouser Road 	Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108 	(412) 262-2830 	(Address and Telephone Number of 	Principal Executive Offices and 	Principal Place of Business) 	Tony C. Banks 	Atlas Resources, Inc. 	311 Rouser Road, Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108 	(412) 262-2830 	(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) Copies to: Wallace W. Kunzman, Jr., Esq.			 	Tony C. Banks Kunzman & Bollinger, Inc.				 	Atlas Resources, Inc. 5100 N. Brookline					 	311 Rouser Road Suite 600						 	Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 KUNZMAN & BOLLINGER, INC. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW 5100 N. BROOKLINE, SUITE 600 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73112 Telephone (405) 942-3501 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEREGISTRATION The undersigned hereby removes from registration 689.0189 Units ("Units" means the Limited Partner interests and the Investor General Partner interests offered to Participants in the Partnership) of the Registrant that remained unsold at the termination of the offering on December 31, 1999. 	SIGNATURES In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form SB-2 and has authorized this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, on the 24 day of January, 2000. ATLAS-ENERGY FOR THE NINETIES- PUBLIC #8 LTD. (Registrant) By:	Atlas Resources, Inc., Managing General Partner 						By: /s/ Charles T. Koval_____________________________________ Charles T. Koval, Chairman of the Board and a Director 	By: /s/ James R. O'Mara______________________________________ James R. O'Mara, Vice Chairman of the Board and a Director By: /s/ Tony C. Banks________________________________________ 	Tony C. Banks, President, Chief Executive Officer, and 	a Director By: /s/ Frank P. Carolas_____________________________________ 	Frank P. Carolas, Vice President of Land and Geology By: /s/ Jeffrey C. Simmons___________________________________ 	Jeffrey C. Simmons, Vice President of Operations By: /s/ William R. Seiler____________________________________ 	William R. Seiler, Vice President of Finance, Chief 	Financial Officer and Controller By: /s/ Barbara J.Krasnicki____________________________________________ 	Barbara J. Krasnicki, Secretary