This consultation was open from:
March 7, 2017
to April 21, 2017
Decision summary
Freymond Lumber Ltd. was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a quarry in the Town of Bancroft.
Location details
Site location details
Town of Bancroft, Hastings County.
Part Lots 51 and 52, Concession W.H.R, Geographic Township of Faraday.
This site has coordinates at Latitude 45.04438° N Longitude 77.83526° W.
The site is adjacent to the south boundary of Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) licence No. 624804.
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Site location map
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Freymond Lumber Ltd.
113 Collier Street
Barrie,
ON
L4M 1H2
Canada
Decision details
Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) licence No. 626401 was issued on March 2, 2022 to Freymond Lumber Ltd., subject to conditions specified on Schedule A.
The licensed area is 33.3 hectares in size and allows extraction of aggregate from a quarry below the water table. The tonnage condition specifies a maximum of 300,000 tonnes of aggregate to be removed from the site in any calendar year.
A copy of the licence can be obtained from the contact identified below.
Effects of consultation
There were 14 comments received in response to the Environmental Registry of Ontario notice. Comments were addressed through technical report recommendations and conditions on the site plan.
There were 91 objections received in response to the ARA consultation process. The concerns were related to:
- noise
- air quality
- water quality
- drinking water
- impacts to fish habitat
- traffic implications
- species at risk
- property value
- public safety
The applicant worked to address the objections by providing additional information and revising the site plan, however 26 objectors were still outstanding at the end of the process. The application was referred to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) for a hearing. On December 15, 2021 the OLT directed the Minister to issue the licence (OLT Case No: MM190020).
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300 Water Street, 4th Floor South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
How to Appeal
Appeals are not allowed
When the Ontario Land Tribunal makes a decision, there is no appeal mechanism.
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Derek Seim
300 Water Street, 4th Floor South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
Proposal updates
This notice was updated on August 6, 2019 to advise the public that this application under the Aggregate Resources Act has been referred by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. Please refer to http://elto.gov.on.ca/tribunals/lpat/e-status/ for information on scheduled hearings of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.
This notice was updated on March 20, 2019 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
Freymond Lumber Ltd has applied for a Class ‘A’, Category 2 Quarry Below Water under the ARA to excavate aggregate from a quarry 33.3 hectares in size. This application is for the establishment of a new quarry. The annual tonnage condition applied for is 300,000 tonnes.
Other information
Site plan information is available to view at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Bancroft 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 office:
Municipality of Faraday
29860 Hwy. 28 South
Bancroft, Ontario
K0L 1C0
County of Hastings
235 Pinnacle Street
Belleville, Ontario
K8N 3A9
Comments received through Environment 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 under the ARA. To be considered as a formal objector, individuals need to contact the MNRF person specified on this notice to determine how to submit an objection.
Other public consultation opportunities
As specified in the ARA, 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 Bancroft Times, on February 16, 2017. A public information session was held on Monday, March 20, 2017 between 4:00pm until 7:00pm at:
Bancroft District Fish and Game Club
27602 Highway 62 South
P.O. Box 1677
Bancroft, Ontario
K0L 1C0
Notification of this application is being circulated within the MNRF Bancroft District office. Additionally, notification of this application has been forwarded to the Municipality of Faraday, the County of Hastings, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, and the Algonquins of Ontario for comment.
Supporting materials
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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.
300 Water Street, 4th Floor South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from March 7, 2017
to April 21, 2017
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Derek Seim
300 Water Street
4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comments received
Through the registry
14By email
83By mail
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