NOTICE OF HEARING
PROCEEDING NO. 1553726
CANADIAN CRUDE SEPARATORS INC.
BRAZEAU RIVER

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Proceeding No. 1553726 at the offices of the ERCB, 640 – 5 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, commencing on November 5, 2008, 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.

Nature of the Proceeding
Canadian Crude Separators Inc. (CCS) has been granted, pursuant to Section 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Act, a review hearing relating to the Energy and Utilities Board’s (EUB’s) denial of Application No. 1515213.

On June 12, 2007 CCS submitted Application No. 1515213 to the EUB for approval to convert its Class II water disposal scheme to a Class 1b waste disposal scheme for a well located at LSD 9, of Section 1, Township 48, Range 14, West of the 5th Meridian in the Brazeau River Nisku J Pool. On November 22, 2007 the EUB denied the application. On December 21, 2007 CCS submitted a request for a review of the EUB’s decision and on March 20, 2008 the ERCB granted the request for a review of the decision.

Additional Information
To obtain a copy of the application, contact
CCS Inc.
2400, 530 – 8 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3S8
Attention: Niels Versfeld
Telephone: 403-233-7565
Fax: 403-261-5612

A copy of the record of this proceeding is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary office:
ERCB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8311

For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Rick Parkyn
Telephone: 403-297-2371.
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: Rick.Parkyn@ercb.ca

To File a Submission

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Proceeding No. 1553726 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., October 22, 2008. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Rick Parkyn, Applications Coordinator
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Applications Branch,
Resources Applications Group
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

(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 Canadian Crude Separators on this application.

In accordance with Section 13 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may make an application to the Board for confidentiality pursuant to Section 13(2) and serve a copy of such request on the other parties involved in the hearing. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In accordance with Section 25 of the Energy Resources Conservation 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 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on September 15, 2008.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel