NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1457335 
MILESTONE EXPLORATION INC.
GILBY FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1457335 at the Blindman Valley Ag Centre, 5202 – 51 Street, Bentley, Alberta, commencing on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Application
Milestone Exploration Inc. (Milestone) has applied pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline. The purpose of the pipeline is to tie in an existing well located at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 6, of Section 19, Township 41, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian, to an existing pipeline at LSD 2-23-41-2W5M. The proposed Milestone pipeline would be 3.20 kilometres in length, have an outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres, and transport natural gas with 0.0 mole per kilomole (0.0 per cent) hydrogen sulphide. 

The proposed pipeline would be located in the Gull Lake area near the community of Parkland Beach.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Milestone Exploration Inc.
820, 444 - 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 0X8
Attention: Darrin Foster
Telephone: (403) 268-9238
Fax: (403) 265-9023
E-mail: darrin.foster@milestoneexploration.ca

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

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For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Julia Fulford, Non-Routine Applications Coordinator
Telephone: (403) 297-8840
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1457335 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to Milestone at the name and address above and ten copies to
Julia Fulford, Non-Routine 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,

(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

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(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 Milestone 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 August 30, 2006.

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