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NEB Schedules Hearing for Groundbirch Pipeline Project

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News Release

09/15
For immediate release
16 June 2009

NEB Schedules Hearing for Groundbirch Pipeline Project

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB) today released Hearing Order GH-1-2009, announcing that it intends to hold a public hearing process on an application from Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under section 52 of the National Energy Board Act.

The oral part of the hearing is scheduled to start on Tuesday, 17 November 2009, at a location to be determined.

The Groundbirch Pipeline is a proposed 77 kilometre extension to the TransCanada Alberta System that would connect sweet natural gas mainly from the Montney formation in northeast British Columbia (about 37 km west-northwest of Dawson Creek) to an interconnection on the Gordondale Lateral near the downstream side of the existing Gordondale Meter station in northwest Alberta (approximately 11 km east of Bay Tree, Alberta). The proposed pipeline is designed to have an outside diameter of 914 millimetres (36 inches), and, if approved, it would transport approximately 46.9 106m3 (1,656 million cubic feet) per day of natural gas.

Any person wishing to participate in this hearing process may do so in one of three ways:

  1. by filing an application to intervene with the Secretary of the Board and serving a copy on NGTL and its counsel by 13 July 2009;
  2. by filing a letter of comment with the Secretary of the Board and serving a copy on NGTL and its counsel by 9 September 2009; or
  3. by filing a letter with the Secretary of the Board requesting the opportunity to make an oral statement and serving a copy on NGTL and its counsel by 9 September 2009.

The NEB Web site outlines general information about the hearing process and how the public can participate effectively. To access the information, go to www.neb-one.gc.ca, select "Hearings and Information Sessions", and then click on "Participate in a Public Hearing".

Celebrating 50 years of regulatory leadership, 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:

Carole Léger-Kubeczek
Communications Officer
National Energy Board
E-mail: carole.leger-kubeczek@neb-one.gc.ca
Telephone: 403-299-2717
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 GH-1-2009 [Filing A22032]
  • All Regulatory Documents under: Facilites, Gas, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd, 2009 Applications, 2009-04-30 - Application for the Groundbirch Pipeline Project [Folder 555680]

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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