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National Energy Board schedules a public hearing for Enbridge ACCE capacity expansion application

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News Release

07/04
For immediate release
2 February 2007

National Energy Board schedules a public hearing for Enbridge ACCE capacity expansion application

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB) has released a hearing order for an oral public hearing on an application from Enbridge (Westspur) for the Alida-Cromer Capacity Expansion (ACCE) Project.

The ACCE Project, if approved, will consist of the construction of a 60 kilometre, 168.3 millimetres (mm) outside diametre (OD) pipeline to transport natural gas liquids (NGL) from Alida, Saskatchewan to Cromer, Manitoba.

If this new pipeline is commissioned, an existing and adjacent 323.9 mm OD Westspur pipeline from Alida to Cromer will be converted to transport crude oil rather than the NGL it currently transports. To facilitate the change in service from NGL to crude, Enbridge has also applied for an increase in maximum allowable operating pressure on the existing 323.9 mm OD pipeline.

The hearing is scheduled to start on Wednesday, 11 April 2007. The location of the hearing will be announced at a later date.

The public is invited to participate in this hearing in one of three ways:

  1. by seeking intervenor status;
  2. by filing a letter of comment; or,
  3. by providing an oral statement.

The deadline for applications for intervenor status or intent to make an oral statement is noon, Mountain Standard Time, on 23 February 2007. The above documents must be filed with the NEB, and a copy sent to Enbridge and its legal counsel. For more information about how the public can participate in this hearing, please refer to Hearing Order OH-2-2007, at www.neb-one.gc.ca.

The NEB is an independent federal agency that regulates several parts of Canada's energy industry. Its purpose is to promote safety and security, environmental protection, and efficient energy infrastructure and markets in the Canadian public interest, within the mandate set by Parliament in the regulation of pipelines, energy development and trade.

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For further information:

Stacey Squires
Communications Officer
National Energy Board
E-mail: stacey.squires@neb-one.gc.ca
Telephone: 403-221-3294
Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
Telecopier: 403-292-5503
Telecopier (toll free): 1-877-288-8803
TTY (Teletype): 1-800-632-1663

Related documents:

  • Hearing Order OH-2-2007 [Filing A14718]
  • 2007-01-17 Application for the Alida to Cromer Capacity Expansion (ACCE) Project [Filing A14572]
  • All Regulatory Documents under: Facilities, Oil, Enbridge Pipelines (Westspur) Inc., 2007-01-17 - Application for the Alida to Cromer Capacity Expansion (ACCE) Project (OH-2-2007) [Folder 450715]

For a copy of documents:

National Energy Board
Ground Floor
444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0X8
E-mail: library@neb-one.gc.ca
Telephone: 403-299-3561
Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
Telecopier: 403-292-5576
Telecopier (toll free): 1-877-288-8803
TTY (teletype): 1-800-632-1663

 

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