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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO. 1610523
ENHANCE ENERGY INC.
ELK ISLAND AREA

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1610523 (Application). This notice is to advise of the filing of this Application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before April 9, 2010, relating to the Application, the ERCB may continue to process this Application without further notice.

Description of the Application
Enhance Energy Inc. (Enhance) submitted an application, in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to con struct and operate a pipeline with two segments for the purpose of transporting carbon dioxide. The first pipeline segment would be from a tie-in point at the proposed compressor station at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 12, Section 17, Township 56, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian, to a tie-in point at the proposed pump station at LSD 1-25-55-21W4M. The second pipeline segment would tie in at the pump station with an endpoint at LSD 4-15-40-24W4M. The proposed pipel ine segments would be about 21.40 kilometres (km) and 215.46 km respectively in length. They would have a maximum outside diameter of 323.9 millimetres (mm) and 406.4 mm respectively and would transport carbon dioxide with no hydrogen sulphide. The project would include the installation of an electric drive 7500 kilowatt (kW) compressor station located at LSD 12-17-56-21W4M, and an electric drive 750 kW pump station located at LSD 1-25-55-21W4M. The proposed pipeline segments would be located east and south of Edmonton.

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact

Enhance Energy Inc.
400, 606 – 4 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1T1
Attention: Corey Kusch
Telephone: 403-984-0212
E-mail: ckusch@enhanceenergy.com

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

ERCB Information Services
Main floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (Option 2)
Viewing hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Red Deer Field Centre
202, 4909 – 49 Street
Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1V1
24-hour Number: 403-340-5454
Fax: 403-340-5136
E-mail: reddeer.fieldcentre@ercb.ca

ERCB, St. Albert Field Centre
Main Floor, 30 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
St. Albert, Alberta T8N 3A3
24-hour Number: 780-460-3800
Fax: 780-460-3802
E-mail: stalbert.fieldcentre@ercb.ca

 

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 Enhance on this Application.

If there are no submissions objecting to the Application filed by a person whom the Board considers may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding the Board may grant the Application 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., April 9, 2010. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and one copy to

Rachelle Reid, 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: Rachelle Reid
Telephone: 403-355-4305
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: rachelle.reid@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 10, 2010.

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

Figure 1. Area map of the proposed pipeline

Page Last Updated: March 10, 2010