Aggregate News
Adjala-Tosorontio
Nelson Aggregate Company – Adjala-Tosorontio Proposal
Located south of Everett at Lot PT 6-7, Conc 4, Tosorontio – 5th Sideroad and County Road 13 aka 5556 and 5670 County Road 13, northwest of 5th Sideroad
Filed for a Category 1, Class A licence to create a 72.8 hectare / 180-acre pit (extraction area 52.51 hectare / 130 acres), below-the-water-table, 1 million tonnes of sand and gravel annually.
Opponents are showing concern about the cumulative impacts of many small pits in the area. Additionally, that the operation proposes extraction below the water table with potential impacts to Boyne River, Tosorontio Creek, Earl Rowe Park, Nottawasaga River running into Georgian Bay.
Lack of water is a concern in the northern part of Tosorontio already, particularly because development is planned in the area and there are few source water areas.
Nelson doesn’t own the land. They are waiting for the application to be approved before buying the land.
Well monitoring was lacking in the original agreement (source)
Approval Process:
Zoning by-law amendment from “M3 protected aggregate” to “M2 industrial aggregate” zone
Official plan amendment to re-designate from “protected aggregate” to a licensed pit
Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority approval
MNR Aggregate Resources Act licence
Permit To Take Water
Sewage permit
Air permit
Timeline
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Date |
Event |
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2015-01-22 |
Proposal put forth to government agencies including local council. Objections due within 45 days (March 9, 2015). (Public notice buried in “Classifieds” of local paper.) No EBR #. [Nothing listed on EBR]. |
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2015-02-03 |
Application deemed complete by the Township (source) |
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2015-02-18 (Wed. 2pm-6pm) |
Public Information Session. Neighbours within 120m were not given 20 days notice as per legal requirement. Municipal Office has no information on the proposal and Councilors unaware of the proposal until the public information session was arranged.
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2015-03-09 |
End of initial public comment/objection period. |
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2015-04-08 |
Proposal loaded into EBR #012-3888. Public comment expires May 25, 2015. [Without notice people missed the chance to comment on the EBR.] |
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2015-05-25 |
EBR #012-3888 Public comment period expires (47 days). |
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2015-06-11 |
Kim Benner, MNRF explains deficiency as follows: Thank you for your e-mail regarding the Environmental Registry proposal notice (ER #012-3888) for a Category 1 – Class A licence under the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) proposed by Nelson Aggregates Inc. The issuance of a Class A licence is a classified instrument and posting of a proposal for this instrument by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is a requirement under the Environmental Bill of Rights. The Ministry tries to make sure that the commenting period for a proposal notice coincides with the notification period for the application under the ARA, whenever possible. In this instance, the Ministry was unable to coincide these two periods.
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2015-08-20 |
Public Meeting (article) |
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2015-10-13 |
Township voted 5-2 to change property’s zoning from protected aggregate resource and open space conservation to extracted industrial and open space conservation |
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2016-01-04 w/ amendment on 2016‑01-18 |
Letters from Nelson Aggregate received addressing public comments |
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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority concerns addressed pending |
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Approval from Ministry of Natural Resources pending |
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Site plan submission pending (article) |
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2016-07-28 |
Case referred to OMB (article) |
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2017-06-30 |
Third OMB pre-hearing (June 30, 2017) w/hearing set for Nov. 7 to Dec. 1 |
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2017-09-17 |
Adjala-Tosorontio Council defers gravel pit agreement until October 10, 2017 meeting (article) |
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2017-11-07 – 2017-12-01 |
OMB hearing |
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2018-01-31 |
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2018-03-13 |
Adjala-Tosorontio ratified deal with developer (article) |
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2018-12-28 |
Adjala-Tosorontio votes to have gravel pit documents peer reviewed (article) |
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2019-05 |
New agreement between Adjala-Tosorontio and aggregate company (article) |
Mayor Mary Small Brett, Adjala-Tosorontio Township, noted that turning down the application would only result in a costly and unwinnable battle at the Ontario Municipal Board. “That could cost the township anywhere between $100,000 to $150,000” she said. (article)
News (most recent first)
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2019-12-09 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Proposed changes to aggregate act get rocky reception from Adjala-Tosorontio residents |
Brad Pritchard - Janet Budgell |
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2019-05-17 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Brad Pritchard - an ‘improved’ deal includes well monitoring. |
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2018-12-28 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Adjala-Tos council votes to have gravel pit documents peer reviewed |
Brad Pritchard |
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2018-03-13 |
CTV News Barrie |
Controversial gravel pit to be built after ratification vote approved |
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2018-02-01 |
CTV News Barrie |
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2018-01-31 |
Madhunt.com |
OMB issues interim order approving Nelson gravel pit near Everett |
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2017-11-22 |
CTV News Barrie |
- decision rests with the OMB after 10 day hearing |
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2017-11-07 |
CTV News Barrie |
Nelson Aggregates - Council voted 5-2 in favour - OMB hearing pending |
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2017-09-17 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Adjala-Tosorontio council defers gravel pit agreement until October meeting |
Shane MacDonald |
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2017-06-12 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Large community opposition to gravel pit at Adjala-Tosorontio council |
Shane MacDonald |
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2017-01-25 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Shane MacDonald |
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2017-01-16 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Ministry withdraws objections to proposed Everett gravel pit |
Brad Pritchard |
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2016-07-28 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Brad Pritchard |
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2015-10-14 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Brad Pritchard |
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2015-08-22 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Brad Pritchard |
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2015-02-26 |
Zoomer Radio |
Dale Goldhawk radio show (db 17:50) |
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2015-02-25 |
Simcoe.com / Alliston Herald |
Brad Pritchard - “I have given (residents) 100 per cent assurance that we would fix any problem for them if that happened.” Stephen Drew, Nelson Aggregates operations manager |
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2015-02-13 |
Inside Halton |
Brad Pritchard - “proposal filed” - EBR #? |
More Information:
Nelson Aggregate Company
Head Office
2433 No. 2 Sideroad
Burlington, ON
L7P 0G8
905.335.5250
Application contact: Steve.Drew@nelsonaggregate.com
Adjala Tosorontio Township www.adjtos.ca
MNR contact: Brent Armstrong, Midhurstagg@ontario.ca Kim Benner (kim.benner@ontario.ca)
Opposition:
Concerned Citizens of Adjala-Tosorontio (CCAT)
Janet Budgell adjtosgravelpit@outlook.com / 705-435-4355
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Form submission to OSSGA (www.ossga.com “Contact Us”) on 27-Jan-2015. Also e-mailed to Cornerstone.
re: proposed Nelson Aggregate quarry in Adjala-Tosorontio ... I have heard that there is a public info session on 18-Feb-2015, however, I cannot find any application information on the EBR or online. The lack of info is immediately suspicious and annoying. If the aggregate industry is looking for acceptance from the public, then communication is the perfect place to start improving the reputation of your member firms. Please forward information on this proposal.
Comment on Simcoe.com (25-Aug-2015) (article):
Ontario Residents and Taxpayers have a right to comment on aggregate proposals under the (i) Aggregate Resources Act, and (ii) the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR). This gravel pit proposal seems to be slipping through the cracks and avoiding public comment. The first 45 days to comment was buried in the "classified" section of the newspaper. The second 47-day EBR period wasn't enabled until April without any notice. The lack of readily available info is suspicious and annoying. If the aggregate industry is looking for acceptance from the public, then communication is the perfect place to start.