Vicdom Sand & Gravel (Ontario) Limited - Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry

Instrument type: Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry

ERO number
012-9093
Ministry reference number
MNRF INST 80/16
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
November 29, 2016 - January 13, 2017 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
November 29, 2016
to January 13, 2017

Decision summary

VicDom Sand and Gravel (Ontario) Limited was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a pit in the Geographic Township of Uxbridge.

Location details

Site location details

Part of Lot 15, Concession 7 & 8, Part of the Road Allowance between Concessions 7 & 8, Lot 15, Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 15 & 16, Concessions 7 & 8, Geographic Township of Uxbridge.

The site is adjacent to the south boundary of ARA Licence No. 6577.

A link to our mapping tool allows you to locate and view licensed sites under the ARA.

Site location map

The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.

View this location on a map opens link in a new window

Proponent(s)

Vicdom Sand & Gravel (Ontario) Limited
3444 Brock Road
P.O. Box 1359
Uxbridge, ON
L3X 1V6
Canada

Decision details

ARA Licence No. 625835 was issued on October 5, 2022 to VicDom Sand and Gravel (Ontario) Limited for a above water licence, subject to conditions specified on Schedule A under the ARA.

The licensed area is 18.84 hectares in size and allows extraction of aggregate from a pit above the water table. The tonnage condition specifies a maximum of 500,000 tonnes of aggregate to be removed from the site in any calendar year. The area to be extracted is 15.05 hectares in size.

A copy of the licence can be obtained from the contact identified below.

Comments received

Through the registry

2

By email

7

By mail

0
View comments submitted through the registry

Effects of consultation

Two (2) comments were received in response to the Environmental Registry of Ontario notice. One was a copy of an objection received through the ARA consultation process, and the other was not specific to this application.

Seven (7) objections were received in response to the ARA consultation process. The concerns raised included:

  • site plan issues
  • zoning/OP amendment
  • noise
  • dust
  • groundwater monitoring
  • concurrent operations of two adjacent ARA sites

The applicant worked to address these objections by providing additional information and through revisions to the site plan. All objections have been addressed.

Supporting materials

View materials in person

Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.

Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

MNRF - ROD - Integrated Aggregate Operations Section
Address

300 Water Street
4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
Canada

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from October 12, 2022 to begin the appeal process.

Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.

How to appealClick to Expand Accordion

For instrument decisions published on or after June 1, 2021, please refer to the updated instructions for information on how to appeal a decision.

Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021

If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.

First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.

If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.

Seek leave to appeal

To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:

  1. prepare your application
  2. provide notice to the minister
  3. mail your application to three parties

1. Prepare your application

You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:

  1. A document that includes:
    • your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
    • the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
    • a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
    • your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
    • the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
    • whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
    • the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
    • the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
    • the outcome you’d like to see
  2. A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
  3. Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered

The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:

  1. is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
  2. could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?

2. Provide your notice

You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.

In your notice, please include a brief description of the:

  • decision that you wish to appeal
  • grounds for granting leave to appeal

You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:

College Park
5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON 
M7A 2J3

3. Mail your application

You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:

  • appellate body
  • issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
  • proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)

Issuing authority
Katie O'Connell
Aggregate Resources Manager

MNRF - ROD Integrated Aggregate Operations Section
300 Water Street
4th Floor South
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
Canada

705-772-3316

Proponent(s)

Vicdom Sand & Gravel (Ontario) Limited
3444 Brock Road
P.O. Box 1359
Uxbridge, ON
L3X 1V6
Canada


Appellate body

Local Planning Appeal Tribunal
Formerly Ontario Municipal Board
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248

About Local Planning Appeal Tribunal


Include the following:

ERO number
012-9093
Ministry reference number
MNRF INST 80/16

This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.

Connect with us

Contact

Shane Stuart

Phone number
Email address
Office
MNDMNRF - ROD - Integrated Aggregate Operations Section
Address

300 Water Street, 4th Floor South tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
Canada

Sign up for notifications

We will send you email notifications with any updates related to this consultation. You can change your notification preferences anytime by visiting settings in your profile page.

Follow this notice

Original proposal

ERO number
012-9093
Ministry reference number
MNRF INST 80/16
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Proposal posted

Comment period

November 29, 2016 - January 13, 2017 (45 days)

Proposal details

Proposal update

This notice was updated on January 13, 2021 to advise the public that there has been no change to the status of the proposal and it is still being considered.  No additional opportunity for comment is being provided for at this time.  

This notice was updated on December 6, 2018 to advise the public that there has been no change to the status of the proposal and it is still being considered. No additional opportunity for comment is being provided for at this time.

Description of instrument

VicDom Sand and Gravel (Ontario) Limited has applied for a Category 3, Class “A” licence under the Aggregate Resources Act to excavate aggregate from above the water table. This application is for the establishment of a new pit 18.89 hectares in size with an extraction area of 15.1 hectares. The annual tonnage condition applied for is 500,000 tonnes.

Other information

Site plan information is available from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District office. Making an appointment to view the information is recommended to ensure aggregate staff will be available to provide information and answer questions.

Additionally, information related to this proposal is available from the following municipal offices

Township of Uxbridge
51 Toronto Street S.
Uxbridge ON.
L9P 1T1

Regional Municipality of Durham
605 Rossland Rd. E
P.O. Box 10
Whitby, ON
L1N 6A3

Comments received through the Environmental Registry should not be construed as an objection under the Aggregate Resources Act in accordance with section 4.0 – Notification and Consultation Standards of the Provincial Standards 1.0. To be considered as a formal objector, individuals need to contact the MNRF staff member specified in this notice to determine how to submit an objection.

Other public consultation opportunities

As specified in the Aggregate Resources Act, written notice concerning this application was delivered to landowners within 120 metres of the proposed licensed boundary; an information sign, giving notice to the public of this application, was erected at the proposed site; and a Notice of Application appeared in the local paper, the Uxbridge Times on November 17, 2016. A public information session is being held on December 10, 2016 between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the Vicdom Sand & Gravel Main Office, 3444 Brock Road North, Uxbridge.

This application is being circulated within the MNRF Aurora District office for review. Additionally, notification of this application has been forwarded to the Township of Uxbridge, the Regional Municipality of Durham, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority for comment.

Supporting materials

View materials in person

Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.

Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

MNRF - ROD - Integrated Aggregate Operations Section
Address

300 Water Street
4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
Canada

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from November 29, 2016
to January 13, 2017

Connect with us

Contact

Kendall Haddow

Phone number
Office
MNRF - ROD - Integrated Aggregate Operations Section
Address

300 Water Street
4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
Canada