This consultation was open from:
June 27, 2024
to July 29, 2024
Decision summary
Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow 1559300 Ontario Limited to amend the current site plan to allow 21,120,000 cubic meters of excess soil to be imported to return the site to the original grade in the Township of Darlington.
Location details
Site location details
Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham.
Part Lots 1 & 2, Concession 9, Geographic Township of Darlington.
The site is located approximately 7.3 kilometres southwest of Pontypool, ON.
This site has coordinates at Latitude 44.05529° N Longitude 78.69713° W.
The site is ARA licence No. 3202.
The site is adjacent to the west boundary of ARA licence No. 3207.
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1559300 Ontario Limited
949 Wilson Ave
Toronto,
ON
M3K 1G2
Canada
Decision details
The changes to the site plan for ARA Licence No. 3202 were approved by the Director on April 30,2025
The approval allows 1559300 Ontario Limited to import 21,120,000 cubic meters of excess soil, to backfill the site to the pre-existing grade, update cross-sections to show change in elevations and remove detail ‘A’ regarding backfill options for slope construction.
A copy of the approved site plan for this licenced site can be obtained from the Contact identified below.
Effects of consultation
No (0) comments were received in response to the Environmental Registry notice.
Eight (8) comments were received through the ARA consultation process.
The concerns were related to:
- Oak Ridges Moraine pilot research project.
- Progressive rehabilitation
- End use of site after final rehabilitation
- Quality of excess soils brought to site
- Current Compliance record of site
- Documents made available of the amendment request and Oak Ridges Moraine pilot research project
The concerns were addressed by providing additional information and revisions to the site plan.
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4th Floor S, 300 Water Street
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
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Shane Stuart
4th Floor S, 300 Water Street
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
Application has been made by 1559300 Ontario Limited o/a Kovacs Sand & Gravel to import 21,120,000 cubic meters of excess soil to backfill the site to the pre-existing grade.
Public consultation opportunities
The proposed request for this licence is being circulated within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Additionally, notification of this application has been forwarded to the Municiplaity of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham and landowners within 120m of the site for comment.
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300 Water Street, 4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from June 27, 2024
to July 29, 2024
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Jason McLay
300 Water Street, 4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comments received
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