NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO. 1649134
FAIRBORNE ENERGY LTD.
BASHAW FIELD

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1649134 (Application). This notice is to advise of the filing of this Application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before June 22, 2010, relating to the Application, the ERCB may continue to process this Application without further notice.

Description of the Application
Fairborne Energy Ltd. (Fairborne) has applied, pursuant to Section 80 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA), for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 13, Township 41, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from all sands and coals from the Edmonton and Belly River Groups, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision 13, as well as three additional wells, with a maximum of four wells per pool per section.

The applicant has requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis and that it be named the operator of the well(s) to be produced. In addition, the applicant has requested that the maximum penalty allowed under the OGCA be applied to Signalta Resources Limited’s (Signalta) share of the costs of drilling the well(s) to, and completing it in the formation(s) named in the order, if Signalta does not pay the costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, Signalta being notified in writing of its share of the actual costs, or the well commencing production.

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact
Fairborne Energy Ltd.
3400, 450 – 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 5H1
Attention: Chad Lerner
Telephone: 403-290-7720
Fax: 403-290-7649

A copy of the application is available for viewing on the ERCB’s Web site at www.ercb.ca on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).

Requirement to File a Submission
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 Fairborne on this Application.

If no submissions are received, the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Application without further notice or without a hearing.

How to File a Submission
Any party intending to make a submission with respect to the Application must file on or before 4:00 p.m., June 22, 2010. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and either an electronic copy by e-mail to lindsay.stubbs@ercb.ca or a paper copy to
Lindsay Stubbs, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Contents of a Submission
Under Section 24(2) of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice (Rules of Practice), submissions must 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.

Compensation Issues
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB and should be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Applications for Confidentiality
In accordance with Section 13 of the Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may apply for confidentiality of information under Section 13(2). Any application under Section 13(2) that is to be considered during a public hearing of the application must be copied to the other parties to the proceeding. 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.

Questions of Constitutional Law
In accordance with Section 25 of the 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.

For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Lindsay Stubbs
Telephone: 403-297-6034
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: lindsay.stubbs@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on June 2, 2010.
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel