This consultation was open from:
March 4, 2020
to May 4, 2020
Decision summary
Approval was granted to change the location where below water extraction can take place in a pit operated by K.R. Axford Sand & Gravel Limited in the Municipality of Central Elgin.
Location details
Site location details
Municipality of Central Elgin, County of Elgin
Part Lot 14, Concession 5, Geographic Township of Yarmouth.
The site is Aggregate Resources Act Licence # 2335 and is located southeast of St. Thomas on the southwest corner of the intersection of County Road 45 and Yarmouth Centre Road.
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Proponent(s)
K. R. Axford Sand & Gravel Limited
30 David Drive
St. Thomas,
ON
N5R 5L3
Canada
Decision details
A change to the site plan of Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) Licence No. 2335 were approved by the Regional Director on February 18, 2021.
This approval allows below water extraction on the east side of the site to be abandoned and instead, extraction to occur below water on the west side of the licensed site. A 15 metre setback along the west boundary will remain as a treed buffer from significant features/licence boundaries/property lines. A tree planting plan is included as a condition of the rehabilitation plan for the licensed site. The final end use of the site will include a 14.6 hectare pond.
Please contact the Ministry office and contact identified below to view a copy of the approved site plan for this licenced site.
Effects of consultation
No comments were received in response to the Environmental Registry notice. Two comments were received through the ARA consultation process. The objections were related to the assessment of potential impacts on groundwater users, water quality and quantity.
The applicant worked to address the objections by providing additional information and revising the site plan. All concerns were addressed at the end of the process.
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300 Water Street
4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
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Steve Acorn
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Peterborough,
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Original proposal
Proposal details
Updates
This notice was originally published on March 4, 2020 for a 30-day comment period ending April 3, 2020. The notice was republished on April 3, 2020 to extend the deadline to submit comments by May 4, 2020.
Description of instrument
Application has been made by K. R. Axford Sand & Gravel Limited to amend the current site plan to change the location where some below water extraction can take place on the licensed site. The proposal seeks to reduce the excavation setback along the west side of the licensed site from approximately 100 metres to 15 metres and is located within 50 metres of a woodland.
Currently, 14.6 hectares of below water extraction is approved in the central and the east portion of the licensed site. The proposal would abandon below water extraction on the east side of the site and instead extract aggregate below the water in the west side of the licensed site, where a woodland was previously located. As part of the proposal, a 15 metre setback along the west boundary would remain as a treed buffer. A tree planting plan is proposed to be included as a condition of the rehabilitation plan for the licensed site. The final end use of the site will include a 14.6 hectare pond.
In support of the proposal, the licensee has provided a Hydrogeological report assessing the impacts of shifting the area of below water extraction. The size of the pond created on the licensed site as a result of excavation is not proposed to change.
It is noted that the licensee has recently obtained approval for tree cutting in the west side of the licensed site, pursuant to the County of Elgin tree cutting by-law.
Other information
K. R. Axford Sand & Gravel Limited is authorized to operate below the water table at this licensed site under the authority of Licence #2335 under the Aggregate Resources Act. In total 41.8 hectares are currently licenced as a pit. The annual tonnage condition is 250,000 tonnes.
Public consultation opportunities
The proposal request for this licence has been circulated within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aylmer District office. Additionally, notification of this application has been forwarded to the Municipality of Central Elgin, the County of Elgin, Ontario Ministry of Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks and an adjacent landowner that previously had an interest in the site.
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615 John Street North
Aylmer,
ON
N5H 2S8
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from March 4, 2020
to May 4, 2020
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Stephen Douglas
615 John Street North
Aylmer,
ON
N5H 2S8
Canada
Comments received
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