Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No.1365573 at The Heritage Inn, 1217 2nd Street W, Brooks, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

AltaGas submitted an application in accordance with Section 39, subsection (1)(b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate a gas processing plant in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 16, Section 14, Township 20, Range 12,West of the 4th Meridian in the Princess Field. The proposed facility would be categorized as a C300 gas processing plant with a raw gas inlet of 566.3 10³m³/d and a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) concentration of 2.8 mol/kmol (0.28%). The plant would consist of an amine unit, refrigerated HC dewpoint control, one 1242 kilowatt (kW) compressor and one 164 kW compressor. Maximum continuous flaring would be 21.59 10³m³/d with total sulphur emissions of 0.98t/d. The proposed plant would be located approximately 6 kilometres east of Patricia.

To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:

AltaGas Ltd.
Calgary Place
1700, 355 4th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0J1
Attention: Craig Sinclair
Telephone: (403) 691-7569
Fax: (403) 691-7576

Copies of the application are available for viewing at the following EUB offices:

EUB Information Services                   #302, 346 3 Street SE
Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW          Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 0G7
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4                   Telephone: (403) 527-3385
Telephone: (403) 297-8190                  Fax: (403) 529-3103

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Greg McLean
Telephone: (403) 297-3232
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: greg.mclean@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1365573 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Monday, June 27, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Greg McLean, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission filed shall contain the following:

(a) a concise statement indicating

(i) the manner in which the intervener's rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,

(ii) the nature and scope of the intervener's intended participation,

(iii) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,

(iv) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,

(v) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and

(vi) the intervener's efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;

(b) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;

(c) 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;

(d) 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 AltaGas 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.

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation. 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.

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.

Note: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on May 17, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel