NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO. 1619338
FOUR WINDS ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
GORDONDALE AREA

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1619338 (Application). This notice is to advise of the filing of this Application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before March 16, 2010, relating to the Application, the ERCB may continue to process this Application without further notice.

Description of the Application
Four Winds Energy Services Ltd. (Four Winds) has applied, pursuant to Section 15.212 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, ERCB Interim Directive 96-03: Oilfield Waste Management Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry, and Directive 058: Oilfield Waste Management Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry, to the ERCB for approval to operate an oilfield waste management facility consisting of surface facilities associated with a class 1b disposal well located at Legal Subdivision 16, Section 12, Township 79, Range 11, West of the 6th Meridian.
 
To obtain a copy of the Application, contact
Four Winds Energy Services Ltd.
1126, 214 Place
Box 28, 9909 – 102 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta  T8V 2V4
Attention: Derry Wright
Telephone: 780-538-3977
Fax: 780-538-3115

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.

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 Four Winds 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., March 16, 2010. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Vicki Shackleton, Application Coordinator
Geology, Environmental Science, and Economics Branch, Environmental Monitoring and Regulation 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
Geology, Environmental Science, and Economics Branch, Environmental Monitoring and Regulation Group
Attention: Vicki Shackleton
Telephone: 403-297-6487
Fax: 403-297-2691
E-mail: vicki.shackleton@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on February 18, 2010.

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