RP-2000-0110

Notice "A"

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

LEAVE TO CONSTRUCT THE TRAFALGAR FACILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT CONSISTING OF A 48 INCH DIAMETER NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF ZORRA, EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK AND BLANDFORD- BLENHEIM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AND A 48 INCH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH DUMFRIES IN THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO

The attached application (the "Application"), dated September 28, 2000, has been filed by Union Gas Limited ("Union") with the Ontario Energy Board (the "Board") pursuant to section 90 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B). Union has applied for an Order of the Board for leave to construct 19.9 kilometres of 48 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline in the County of Oxford and 15.9 kilometres of the same diameter steel pipe in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The 19.9 kilometre proposed pipeline will proceed from the Beachville Valve Site located in Lots 19 and 20, Concession 5, Township of Zorra to the existing Bright Compressor Station located in Lots 3 and 4, Concession 10, Township of Blandford-Blenheim. The 15.9 kilometre proposed pipeline will proceed from the Owen Sound Line Valve Site located at Lot 36, Concession 9, Township of North Dumfries to the existing Brantford Valve Site located at Lot 7, Concession 8, Township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

Maps showing the location of the proposed pipelines are attached to Union's application.

How to see Union's Pre-filed Evidence

Copies of the Application and the pre-filed evidence in support of Union's Application will be available for public inspection at the Board's offices, at Union's head office, and at the offices of the affected municipalities (addresses below).

How to Intervene

If you wish to intervene (i.e. actively participate) in the proceedings related to this Application, you must file a letter of intervention within 14 business days after this Notice is delivered. Your letter must be delivered, or mailed, to the Board Secretary and to Union at the addresses below. Your notice of intervention must state:

1.	your name, address, telephone and fax numbers;

2.	your interest in these matters;

3.	your intention to participate in the proceedings;

4.	the issues you intend to address during the proceedings; and

5.	whether you intend to seek an award of costs.

If you wish to participate in the French language in the hearing, your response must state this.

Copies of Union' prefiled evidence will be sent to all intervenors who request it in their responses.

Proceedings

The Board may proceed in this matter by way of either a written or an oral hearing. An Intervenor may request the Board to proceed by way of an oral hearing by writing to the Board Secretary within 21 business days of the delivery of this Notice, explaining why an oral hearing is preferable to a written hearing. The Board will consider all such requests, and will notify intervenors of its decision.

Procedural orders as to how these matters will proceed may be issued by the Board from time to time. Copies of any procedural orders will be sent to all parties.

How to Observe

If you do not wish to actively participate, but wish to monitor the proceeding and to receive Board issued documents, you must request observer status in the proceeding by writing to the Board Secretary within 21 business days of delivery of this Notice.

How to Comment

If you wish to comment on the Application without becoming an intervenor or an observer, you may write a letter of comment to the Board Secretary stating your views and any relevant information. All letters of comment will be provided to Union and will become part of the public record in the proceeding. All letters of comment must be filed with the Board Secretary within 21 business days of the delivery of this Notice.

IMPORTANT

IF YOU DO NOT FILE A LETTER OF INTERVENTION OR A LETTER OF COMMENT OR OBJECT TO THE MATTER PROCEEDING BY THE WAY OF AN ORAL OR A WRITTEN HEARING, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS.

FURTHER, IF THE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO CONSTRUCT IS GRANTED, UNION GAS LIMITED MAY SUBSEQUENTLY APPLY FOR THE RIGHT TO EXPROPRIATE IF NECESSARY.

Addresses

Ontario Energy Board	Union Gas Limited

P.O. Box 2319	Box 2001

2300 Yonge Street	50 Keil Drive North

26th Floor	Chatham, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario	N7M 5M1

M4P 1E4	Attn:	Ms. Karen Hockin, P. Eng.

Attention:	Mr. Paul B. Pudge	Telephone:	(519) 436-5473

Board Secretary	Fax:	(519) 436-4641

Telephone:	1-888-632-6273 (toll free)

Or

The Corporation of the Township of Zorra	Counsel for Union Gas:

P.O. Box 306	Glenn F. Leslie

Highway 19 at 274620 27th Line	Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ingersoll, Ontario	Barristers & Solicitors

N5C 3K5	Commerce Court West

Attention:	Don MacLeod, Clerk	28th Floor, 199 Bay Street

Telephone:	(519) 485-2490	Toronto, Ontario

Fax:	(519) 485-2520	M5L 1A9

Telephone:	(416) 863-2672

Fax:	(416) 863-2653

The Corporaton of the Township of East	The Corporation of the County of Oxford

Zorra-Tavistock	Court House

Box 100	P.O. Box 397

90 Loveys Street E.	415 Hunter Street

Hickson, Ontario	Woodstock, Ontario, N4S 7Y3

N0J 1L0

Attention:	John V. Killing, CAO	Attention:	Kenneth Whiteford, CAO/Clerk

Telephone:	(519) 462-2697	Telephone:	(519) 539-9800

Fax:	(519) 462-2961	Fax:	(519) 537-3024

The Corporation of the Township of North	The Corporation of the Township of

Dumfries	Blandford-Blenheim

1171 Greenfield Road	47 Wilmot Street S.

R. R. 4	P.O. Box 100

Cambridge, Ontario, N1R 5S5	Drumbo, Ontario, NOJ 1GO

Attention:	Marvin Bosetti,Clerk	Attention:	Keith Reibling, Clerk

Telephone:	(519) 621-0340	Telephone:	(519) 463-5347

Fax:	(519) 623-7641	Fax:	(519) 663-5881

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo

150 Frederick Street

Kitchener, ON

N2G 4J3

Attention:	Evelyn Orth, Clerk

Telephone:	(519) 575-4400

Fax:	(519) 575-4481

DATED at Toronto, October 12, 2000.

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD

Peter H. O'Dell

Assistant Board Secretary