NOTICE OF CHANGE OF VENUE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1451992 and 1462172
INTREPID ENERGY CORPORATION
TINDASTOLL FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) had scheduled a public hearing regarding Applications No. 1451992 and 1462172 at the Innisfail Legion, 5108 – 49 Avenue, Innisfail, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. Due to a scheduling conflict the Board has had to move the hearing to a new location.
Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing regarding Applications No. 1451992 and 1462172 at the Cottonwood Hall, located on the corner of Range Road 30 and Cottonwood Road, 13 miles west of Innisfail, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
Nature of the Applications
Intrepid Energy Corporation (Intrepid) has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for a licence to drill a natural gas well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13 of Section 18, Township 36, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian . The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2 S) concentration would be about 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent), and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 0.0 cubic metre per second (m3/s), with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 0.0 kilometres (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain natural gas production from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation.
Intrepid has applied in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from LSD 13-18-36-1W5M to a pipeline tie-in point at LSD 12-13-36-2W5M. The proposed pipeline would be about 2.16 km in length, with a maximum outside diameter of 88.9millimetres, and would transport natural gas with a maximum H 2 S concentration of 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent).
The proposed well and pipeline would be located about 12 km northwest of Innisfail.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Intrepid Energy Corporation
2000, 645 – 7 Avenue SW
Attention: Bernie Goruk
Telephone: (403) 267-3201
Fax: (403) 294-1711
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following EUB offices:
EUB Information Services EUB Red Deer Field Office
Main Floor, 640-5 Avenue SW Millennium Centre
Calgary , Alberta T2P 3G4 202, 4909 – 49 Street
Telephone: (403) 297-8190 Red Deer , Alberta T4N 1V1
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facility Applications Group
Attention: Cynthia Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Cynthia.Ravensdale@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing on Application No. 1451992 or 1462172 must file on or before 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2006 . Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Cynthia Ravensdale, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary , Alberta T2P 3G4
Board-Approved Hearing Schedule
The following is the schedule for the hearing process:
October 3, 2006 Parties file hearing submissions
October 10, 2006 Parties file reply submissions
October 24, 2006 Hearing commences
Notes
Any submission filed must contain the following:
(1) a concise statement indicating
(a) the manner in which the intervener’s rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,
(b) the nature and scope of the intervener’s intended participation,
(c) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,
(d) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,
(e) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and
(f) the intervener’s efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;
(2) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener.
(3) if the intervener is represented by a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative; and
(4) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener’s membership.
If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Intrepid on this application.
If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.
In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
In accordance with Section 23.1 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.
In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on September 29, 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
