NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO. 1616349
WILLIAMS ENERGY ( CANADA ) INC.
FORT MCMURRAY AREA TO REDWATER AREA

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1616349 (Application). This notice is to advise of the filing of this Application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before December 18, 2009, relating to the Application, the ERCB may continue to process this Application without further notice.

Description of the Application
Williams Energy (Canada) Inc. (Williams) has applied, pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting high vapour pressure (HVP) products from the Fort McMurray area (Legal Subdivision [LSD] 10, Section 12, Township 92, Range 10, West of the 4th Meridian) to the Redwater area (LSD 15-1-56-22W4M). The proposed pipeline would be about 419 kilometres in length with a maximum outside diameter of 323.9 millimetres, and would transport HVP products with a maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration of 0.247 moles per kilomole (0.0247 per cent).

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact

Williams Energy (Canada) Inc.
600, 604–1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1M7
Attention: Arthur E. Sundborg
Telephone: 403-444-4514
Fax: 403-444-4507

To view a copy of the Application and supporting documents, contact

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 ERCB or with Williams 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 by 4:00 p.m. on or before December 18, 2009. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Mirtyll Alboiu, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities 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 ), any submission filed 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
Under 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, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Mirtyll Alboiu
Telephone: 403-297-8306
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: mirtyll.alboiu@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on November 19, 2009.

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

Figure 1. Map of the Proposed Pipeline Route