National Energy Board Ready for Hearing on Enbridge Pipeline Expansion

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For immediate release
31  July 2007

National Energy Board Ready for Hearing on Enbridge Pipeline Expansion

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB) will hold a public hearing on an application for a $300 million upgrade to Enbridge Pipelines Inc.'s (Enbridge) Line 4. Enbridge has also applied for approval of its tolling method and to reactivate pipe segments which are currently idle.

Enbridge has applied to the NEB for permission to extend its highest capacity line by 180 kilometres. If approved, Enbridge plans to connect three existing, but currently unused, segments of 48-inch diameter pipe with 137.6 kilometres of new 36-inch diameter pipe, moving the origin of Line 4 from Hardisty, Alberta to the Enbridge terminal in Edmonton.

The project would also include changes to some existing facilities and the addition of a new pump station. The proposed pipeline would match the current Line 4 capacity of 140 000 cubic metres or 880,600 barrels per day and is planned to be in service by early 2009, pending regulatory approvals.

The hearing will consist of a written portion and potentially an oral portion and the public is invited to participate. For more information about participating in an NEB hearing please visit www.neb-one.gc.ca. The deadline for intervenor applications is 12:00 p.m. Calgary time on Monday, 27 August 2007. These documents must be filed with Mr. David Young, Acting Secretary of the National Energy Board and a copy provided to Enbridge and their legal counsel.

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:

Sarah Kiley (sarah.kiley@neb-one.gc.ca)
Communications Officer
National Energy Board
Telephone: 403-299-3633
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-5-2007 [Filing A16152]
• All Regulatory Documents under: Facilites, Oil, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., 2007 Applications, 2007-06-28 - Application for the Line 4 Extension Project [Folder 469094]

For a copy of documents:

National Energy Board
library@neb-one.gc.ca
Ground Floor
444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0X8
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