I am very concerned about…

I am very concerned about the proposed blasting quarry in Alton in Caledon Ontario. There is also a school for innocent Children and a Seniors Citizen Home right down the street from the proposed quarry. This amongst other dangerous huge impact risks to the Credit River, Water concerns, noise and dangerous dust from fly rock and pollutions, countless hundreds to thousand trucks daily, accident risks, tremendous negative effects to breathing air with long term dangers to health to children and residents of Alton, the list of negative effects and dangers does not end. Alton is also a recognized tourist destination that will be destroyed. Poor residents will lose their equity in homes with the destruction of property values. The extremely wealthy owners of the land of the proposed quarry share very close relationships with politicians. Very concerned. Please do not allow the quarry to operate. With regards to the MECP I support the recent letter and supporting documentation sent to you by the West Caledon Communities Aggregate Group (July 28th, 2021).

I respectfully request,

- that the MECP remove the unwarranted exemption from application of the Area of Influence (AOI) and Minimum Separation Distance (MSD) in the Guideline to land use decisions for new or expanding aggregate operations proposed near sensitive land uses.

- that MECP acknowledge “flyrock” (the ultimate adverse effect of blasting quarry operations) as a contaminant, pursuant to the 2013 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Castonguay Blasting Ltd. v. Ontario (Environment);[1] and

- that MECP’s AOI (Area of Influence) and MSD (Minimum Separation Distance) apply to all major facilities, including new and expanding quarry operations, and sensitive land uses.

[1] Castonguay Blasting Ltd. v. Ontario (Environment), 2013 SCC 52 (CanLII), [2013] 3 SCR 323, <https://canlii.ca/t/g1038&gt;, retrieved on 2021-07-12

Note: West Caledon Communities Aggregate Group which consists of:

• Belfountain Community Organization

• Caledon Village Association

• Alton Village Association

• Village of Inglewood Association

• Forks of the Credit/Brimstone Residents Association

• Terra Cotta Traffic Association

• Cheltenham Community Representatives

• Cataract Community Representatives

• Green Lake Property Owners Association

• Forks of the Credit Preservation Group (https://www.fcpreservation.ca/).