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The application for Drain Bros. Excavating Limited for a major site plan amendment to reduce the excavation setback area along portions of the south extraction limit of Licence # 3350 (Havelock Quarry) has been approved.

Approval was granted for a licence amendment to allow Burnt River Properties Inc. to increase the number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed annually for Licence No. 1511, operating in the in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

We have made small changes to the boundary of Sandbanks Provincial Park. These changes add acquired land to the park, allow the transfer of a boat launch property to the County of Prince Edward and allow the County of Prince Edward to widen a section of County Road 12 to a standard width.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) to increase the tonnage condition for the Mast Pit to 1,000,000 tonnes, in combination with the adjacent Neubauer Pit operating in the Township of Puslinch.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow 1302824 Ontario Ltd. to remove aggregate from below the water table in a pit located in the Township of Uxbridge.

An amended Environmental Compliance Approval to GFL Environmental Inc., for the East Ontario Waste Handling Facility to approve minor changes to the composting operation.

Approval was granted for Licence No. 625855 to allow Lafarge Canada Inc. to add a third phasing to the operation and change the final end use to a meadow by filling the pond. Approval was also granted for site plan amendment No. 2079 to change the final rehabilitation plan to allow the creation of a silt berm and remain post surrender.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow James Brian Ross to restore the site to grade and to allow for future agricultural uses, for a pit located in County of Simcoe.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow Telephone City Aggregates Inc., operating in the City of Brantford to change their final rehabilitation prescription.

Graham Brothers Aggregates Limited was approved to make a number of operational changes to the approved site plans for a pit operating in the Town of Caledon.

The application by Hope Bay Quarry Inc. to authorize an increase in the annual number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed from a quarry operating in the Municipality of South Bruce Peninsula has been approved.

Brock Aggregates Inc. application to amend their site plan related to site operations and final rehabilitation in the Town of Mono, Dufferin County, has been approved.

Approval was granted to allow Maurice Yelle Excavation Ltd. to add a road allowance to a licensed site in the Township of Osgoode.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has amended the Greenbelt Area boundary regulation (O. Reg 59/05) to add 13 new Urban River Valley areas and lands in the Paris Galt Moraine in Wellington County and remove 15 areas of land.

Approval was granted for a licence amendment to allow 2170640 Ontario Limited to increase the number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed annually from the Evan Hughes Oak Ridge Quarry operating in the Municipality of Powasson.

Bill 132, The Better for People, Smarter for Business Act 2019, received Royal Assent on December 10, 2019 and amended the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act and the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act (LRIA).

Ontario Regulation 102/20 Monitoring of Mercury Near Dams under the LRIA was approved on March 30, 2020.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow 485,616 cubic metres of excess soil to be imported to return the site to the original grade in the City of Ottawa

We reviewed and considered all feedback received during the comment period for the discussion paper, "Ontario’s Crown Forests: Opportunities to Enhance Carbon Storage?". We will continue to consider options for supporting and enhancing carbon storage in Ontario’s Crown Forests.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow Mulmur Aggregates Inc. to increase the number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed annually for Licence 625228 to 150,000, in the Township of Southgate, Grey County.