Take Notice that Deer Creek Energy Limited (DCEL) has applied to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) and Alberta Environment (AENV) for approval to construct, operate, and reclaim the proposed Joslyn SAGD Project - Phase IIIA (Project) located in Townships 94-96, Ranges 11-13, West of the 4th Meridian (W4M), approximately 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. The Project will add 15 000 barrels per day of bitumen (2385 cubic metres per day) increasing the combined SAGD production to 27 000 barrels per day (4295 cubic metres per day) for the overall project. The Project will utilize a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process to extract the resource. The proposed Project would include:

• An incremental increase of 54.8 ha of disturbance,

• A central processing facility, six well pads (approximately 28 well pairs), borrow pits and an access corridor,

• Distribution and gathering pipelines, and

• An additional storm water retention pond.

• Application No. 1389383 to the EUB under Section 10 of the Oil Sands Conservation Act to authorize the proposed Project. DCEL has also prepared an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report to the Director of Environmental Assessment, Northern Region. The EIA report forms part of the application to the EUB.

• Application No. 004-147283 to AENV under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) for construction, operation, and reclamation of the Project.

• An application (File 00198976) under Sections 37 and 50 of the Water Act, to authorize water management plans, for industrial purposes, including:

- the diversion of up to 192 975 cubic metres of surface water annually from:

- the Athabasca River at NE Quarter, Section 26, Township 095, Range 11, W4M with a maximum diversion rate of 0.03 cubic metres per second, and

- a stormwater collection pond at NW Quarter, Section 28, Township 95, Range 12, W4M; and

- storm drainage works that include a stormwater collection pond at NW Quarter, Section 28, Township 95, Range 12, W4M .

Additional Information

To obtain additional information or a copy of the Application and the EIA report, free of charge, contact:

Copies of the Application and the EIA report are available for viewing at the following locations:

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Information Services
Main Floor, 640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone; (403) 297-8190

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Ft. McMurray Field Office
2nd Floor , Provincial Building
9915 Franklin Avenue
Fort McMurray, Alberta, T9H 2K4
Fort McMurray Public Library
9907 Franklin Avenue 
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 2K4

Fort McKay Industrial Relations Office
P.O. Box 5905 - 989 Timberline Drive
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4V9

Register of Environmental Assessment Information
Alberta Environment
111 Twin Atria Building
4999 - 98 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2X3
Attention: Patti Humphrey

Metis Nation Zone 1
P.O. Box 1350
Lac La Biche, Alberta T0A 2C0
Fort Chipewyan Regional Municipal Office
Box 370
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta T0P 1B0

Oil Sands Discovery Centre
515 MacKenzie Boulevard
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4X3

For information regarding EUB procedures contact:

Further Take Notice that under Section 73 of EPEA, any person who is directly affected by the EPEA Application or, under Section 109 of the Water Act, any person objecting to the granting of the Water Act Application may submit a written statement of concern to:

Director, Northern Region
Alberta Environment
Regulatory Approvals Centre
Main Floor, 9820 106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2J6
Telephone: (780) 427-6311
Fax: (780) 427-1594

Statements of concern under EPEA or the Water Act must be submitted by May 20, 2005. Please quote Application No. 004-147283 (EPEA) or File No. 00198976 (Water Act) when submitting a statement of concern. If no statements of concern are received, the EPEA and Water Act Application may be approved without further notice. Failure to file a statement of concern may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environmental Appeal Board. Note that any statements filed regarding these applications will become part of the public record, and will be accessible to the public.

If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing. (Note: there will be a second opportunity at a later date to file a submission with the EUB). Send one copy of your submission to the DCEL contact at the name and address above and another copy to:

Kris Geekie, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 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 DCEL 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: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record, unless otherwise ordered by the Board, and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 9, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel