06/17
For immediate release
9 June 2006

NEB to hold public hearing on application to construct the Brunswick Pipeline Project

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB) will hold an oral public hearing starting on Monday, 6 November 2006 to consider an application submitted by Emera Brunswick Pipeline Company Ltd. (EBPC).

The public hearing will take place at the Hilton Saint John Trade and Convention Centre (One Market Square, Saint John, New Brunswick) in the Loyalist Room. Interested persons can participate in the public hearing in one of three ways:

(i) by seeking intervenor status,
(ii) by filing a letter of comment,
(iii) by making an oral statement to the Board.

To be considered for intervenor status, applications must be submitted to the Secretary of the NEB by Tuesday, 4 July 2006; letters of comment and letters requesting permission to make an oral statement are due by Tuesday, 12 September 2006. The above documents must be sent to the Secretary of the Board, and a copy sent to EBPC and its counsel. On-line application forms are available on the NEB's Internet site at www.neb-one.gc.ca. Click on Submit a Document, scroll down to Applying to participate in an NEB Hearing [HTML] and select the option of your choice.

The hearing will be broadcast live over the NEB's Internet site. Anyone wishing to listen to the daily proceedings should log onto www.neb-one.gc.ca and follow instructions under Hearings [HTML].

NEB staff will also be conducting two public information sessions to explain the Board's public hearing procedures and also to help people prepare for meaningful participation in this hearing process.

Monday, 19 June 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Delta Brunswick, in the Ballroom
39 King Street, Saint John

Tuesday, 20 June 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Royal Canadian Legion, Lancaster Branch
714 Wilson Street West, Saint John

Please note that NEB staff can only discuss the Board's hearing process and the options for public participation. NEB staff cannot speak to the merits or substance of the application. Such matters will be addressed during the public hearing beginning on Monday, 6 November 2006.

As outlined in its application, EBPC is planning the construction and operation of a 762-millimetre (30-inch) diameter, 145-kilometre pipeline. The proposed facilities would extend from the Canaport™ Liquefied Natural Gas Facility at Mispec Point, near Saint John, New Brunswick to the international border near St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

The NEB is an independent federal agency that regulates several aspects 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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The present news release, along with the NEB's Hearing Order GH-1-2006 [Document A0U5F3] and EBPC's application [Filing A12130] are available on the Board's Internet site at www.neb one.gc.ca, Regulatory Documents, Facilities, Gas and scroll down to Emera Brunswick Pipeline Company Ltd., 2006-05-23 - Application for the Brunswick Pipeline Project. [Folder 408789]

For further information:

Carole Léger-Kubeczek (clegerkubeczek@neb-one.gc.ca)
Communications Officer
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

For filing of documents and correspondence:

Mr. Michel L. Mantha
Secretary
National Energy Board
444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0X8
Facsimile: 403-292-5503

For a copy of Hearing Order GH-1-2006 [Document A0U5F3]:

National Energy Board
publications@neb-one.gc.ca
Ground Floor
444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0X8
Telephone: 403-299-3562
Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
Telecopier: 403-292-5576
Telecopier (toll free): 1-877-288-8803
TTY (teletype): 1-800-632-1663

Public viewing: The application is available for viewing in the NEB Library, Ground Floor, 444 Seventh Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta. EBPC will also be arranging to have the application and any related documents available for public viewing at the following locations: