NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO.  1467403
NOVA GAS TRANSMISSION LTD.
NORTHWEST ALBERTA BORDER TO THUNDER CREEK COMPRESSOR STATION

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) has received Application No. 1467403. This notice is to advise of the filing of this application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before Tuesday October 31, 2006, relating to the application, the EUB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Nature of the Application

NOVA Gas transmission Ltd. is proposing to expand and extend the Northwest Mainline of its Alberta Natural gas pipeline system to interconnect with the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project pipeline. The project proposed would be located immediately south of the Alberta/Northwest Territories border.

NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. has applied pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate two (2) pipelines (Northwest Mainline, Dickins Lake Section and Northwest Mainline Loop, Vardie River Section) and one (1) associated pipeline installation (Northwest Territories Border Meter Station). The purpose of the Northwest Mainline, Dickins Lake Section would be to transport natural gas from the proposed Northwest Territories Meter Station located at LSD 15, Section 34, Township 126, Range 12, West of the 6th Meridian to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 5-19-120-11W6M. The proposed Northwest Mainline, Dickins Lake Section would be approximately 65.6 kilometres (km) in length, with an outside diameter (OD) of 914 millimeters (mm). The purpose of the Northwest Mainline Loop, Vardie River Section would be to transport natural gas from LSD 5-19-120-11W6M to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s existing Thunder Creek Compressor Station located at LSD 8-26-116-12W6M. The proposed Northwest Mainline Loop, Vardie River Section would be approximately 37.3 km in length, with an OD of 914 mm. The proposed associated Northwest Territories Border Meter Station would be located at the Northwest Alberta border at 15-34-126-12W6M. The purpose of the Northwest Territories Border Meter Station would be to measure gas flow.

The application is currently under review with the EUB to determine technical completeness.
 
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.
450 – 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 5H1
Attention: Darlene Maier
Telephone: (403) 920-5108
Fax: (403) 920-2391

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A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB’s Calgary office and the EUB’s High Level and St. Albert Field Centres:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640-5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190

High Level Field Centre
PO Box 3069
205, 9808-9814 100 Ave
High Level, AB  T0H 1Z0
Telephone: (780) 926-5399

St. Albert Field Centre
Main Floor
30 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
St. Albert, Alberta  T8N 3A3
Telephone: (780) 460-3800

For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Tiffany Zwarich
Telephone: (403) 297-2084
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: tiffany.zwarich@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing by no later than Tuesday October 31, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and another copy to:

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

Notes

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,

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(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; and

(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 EUB or with NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. on this application.

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:  In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, all documents file in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on Monday September 11, 2006

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel