Ontario Energy	Commission de l'Énergie	RP-2000-0110

Board	de l'Ontario

IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario Energy Board Act, S.O. 1998, c. 15, Schedule B;

AND IN THE MATTER OF an Application by Union Gas Limited for an Order granting leave to construct a natural gas transmission pipeline in the Townships of Zorra, East Zorra- Tavistock and Blandford-Blenheim in the County of Oxford and a natural gas transmission pipeline in the Township of North Dumfries in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

PROCEDURAL ORDER NO. 1

Union Gas Limited ("Union") filed an application (the "Application") dated September 28, 2000, 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 proposed transmission pipelines are part of Union's long-term Trafalgar Facilities Expansion Program.

The Board has assigned this Application Board File No. RP-2000-0110.

The Board issued a Notice of Application dated October 13, 2000. The Board considers it expedient to make provision for the following items related to the Application.

THE BOARD ORDERS THAT:

1.	Written interrogatories requesting information and material from Union that is in addition to the evidence filed and is relevant to the hearing shall be filed with the Board and delivered to Union and all Intervenors no later than November 28, 2000.

2.	Union shall file responses to these interrogatories with the Board and deliver them to all Intervenors no later than December 11, 2000.

3.	Supplementary written interrogatories requesting information and material from Union to clarify responses to written interrogatories related to Union's pre-filed evidence shall be filed with the Board and delivered to Union and all Intervenors no later than December 15, 2000.

4.	Union shall file responses to these supplementary interrogatories with the Board and deliver them to all Intervenors no later than December 22, 2000.

5.	Intervenors who wish to submit evidence shall file that evidence with the Board and deliver that evidence to Union and all other Intervenors no later than January 8, 2001.

6.	Any party (Intervenor, Board Staff, Union) who wishes to file written interrogatories related to the evidence of Intervenors shall do so by filing such interrogatories with the Board and delivering them to the party who pre-filed the evidence, and to all other parties, no later than January 15, 2001.

7.	Responses to written interrogatories related to Intervenor evidence shall be filed with the Board and delivered to all other parties, no later than January 22, 2001.

8.	All filings to the Board noted in this Order must include 9 hard copies and must be received by the Board by 4:45 p.m. on the stated dates. The Board requests that all parties make every effort to include a copy of their filings on disk, in WordPerfect format, along with the hard copies which are filed. All interrogatories requested must include a reference section identifying the evidence on which the interrogatory is based; references must be specific and detailed, incorporating exhibit and page numbers.

9.	An updated list of Intervenors is attached as Appendix "A" to this Order.

ISSUED at Toronto, November XX, 2000.

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD

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Peter H. O'Dell

Assistant Board Secretary

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Appendix 'A' to

Procedural Order No. 1

RP-2000-0110

Dated November XX, 2000

_______________________

Peter H. O'Dell

Assistant Board Secretary