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-2-The Board received letters in support of the request to extend theIR No. 1 Deadline from:• the City of Abbotsford, Township of Langley, and Fraser Valley Regional District (filed17 April2014);• North Shore No Pipeline Expansion (filed 17 April 20 14);• Cowichan Tribes (filed 18 April2014);• Katzie First Nation (filed 23 April 20 14);• Mr. Andrew Weaver, MLA (filed 23 April 2014); and• Mr. Adam Olsen (filed 24 April2014).Katzie First Nation requested an extension to the deadline for themselves, as well as the generalextension of theIR No. I Deadline as sought by the other requesters.Trans Mountain filed comments on 24 April2014 stating that, in its view, an extension to theIR No. 1 Deadline was not justified.DecisionThe Board has decided to extend the IR No. 1 Deadline for all intervenors by 10 calendar days to12 May 2014. The Board's reasons, as well as a revised schedule showing all dates impacted bythis decision, are given below.Views of intervenorsThe grounds cited by the requesters in favour of extending the IR No. 1 Deadline include:• the 30 days between the 2 April 2014 release ofthe Hearing Order and Ruling onParticipation and the 2 May 2014 IR No. 1 Deadline provide insufficient time to reviewthe 15,000-page application, including securing and retaining experts where necessary;• participant funding was contingent on the Ruling on Participation;• the two rounds of intervenor information requests are the only opportunity to test TransMountain's evidence and, if the extension is not granted, intervenors would lose theopportunity to ask follow-up or clarification questions in the second round of informationrequests;• the Hearing Order suggests that intervenors ask the majority of their questions in the firstround; and• natural justice requires that intervenors be given notice, a meaningful opportunity to ·present their case, and to be heard.In addition, individual requesters cited time commitments outside the hearing process. -Mr. Andrew Weaver cited the time required to review the application and consult with hisconstituents.. . ./3