• Notice of Application for a Quarry License
• Public Information Centres
• Background
• Technical Documents
• Other Documents
• New JART Final Report
• Contact & Links

Notice of Application for a Quarry License

An application has been made for a Category 2, Class A Quarry Below Water license, by Dufferin Aggregate, in the Town of Halton Hills. The application has been made under the Aggregate Resources Act.

A detailed site plan and report(s) for the proposal are available for public viewing at the local or regional municipal offices or at the district office of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Anyone wishing to object to the application, was required to do so in writing by Friday, June 18, 2010. Objections were to be filed with the applicant and the Ministry of Natural Resources:

Dufferin Aggregates
13 Poyntz Street
Barrie, ON  L4M 3N6

Ministry of Natural Resources, Aurora District
50 Bloomington Road West, R.R. #2
Aurora, ON  L4G 3G8

A public information centre was held on June 10, 2010, in Acton, to present the details of the application to the public.

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Public Information Centres (PICs) - Hosted by JART

*New* Public Information Centre #2 - March 20, 2012
A PIC will be held to update the public on the JART Technical Report of the Acton Quarry and JART Process to date, as well as discuss next steps.

• Notice of Public Information Centre 158KB

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm – Open House
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Presentation and Q&A
Place: Acton District High School, Cafeteria
21 Cedar Road, Acton, Ontario
view map 

Public Information Centre #1 - November 29, 2010
The PIC was held to update the public on the Technical Review of the Acton Quarry Application and JART Process to date, as well as discuss next steps.

• Notice of Public Information Centre 43KB

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Background

A Joint Agency Review Team (JART) has been established to review the application once it has been submitted to the Region.

JART members for this application include:

• Halton Region
• Town of Halton Hills
• Credit Valley Conservation and Conservation Halton
• Ministry of Natural Resources
• With the Niagara Escarpment Commission as Chair.

Staff of the Region of Peel are also monitoring the application due to haul routes through Peel.

The JART team has met several times to discuss "terms of reference" for the studies, which will be submitted as part of the planning applications. They have also visited the property.

An aggregate advisor, Steven Rowe, has been retained to assist JART.

Peer review consultants have been selected to assist JART with the review of the various technical studies.

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Technical Documents

The following technical reports were included as part of the application submission package.

Please note: Some of these documents are extremely large. If you are not using a high-speed connection, download times could be long or you could experience technical difficulties.

1. Natural Environment Report
   Text 3.4MB
   Appendix 'A' - 1 series images 199KB
   Appendix 'A' - 2 series images 5.8MB
   Appendix 'A' - 3 series images 4.4MB
   Appendix 'A' - 4 series images 17MB
   Appendix 'A' - 5 series images 5.4MB
   Appendix 'A' - 7 series images 9.8MB
   Appendix 'A' - 8 series images 1.8MB
   Appendix 'B' 103KB
   Appendix 'C' 271KB
   Appendix 'D' 371KB
2. Planning Report
   Text 689KB
   Appendix A - part 1 of 3 15.5MB
   Appendix A - part 2 of 3 28MB
   Appendix A - part 3 of 3  (document not available online)
   Appendix B 10MB
   Appendix C 79KB
   Appendix D 134KB
3. Agricultural Impact Assessment 11MB
4. Archaeological Built Heritage 22MB
5. Archaeological Stage 1 - 3 South 6.7MB
6. Archaeological Stage 4 South 10MB
7. Archaeological Stage 1 - 3 North 5MB
8. Air Quality Report 7MB
9. Blasting Report 1.6MB
10. Noise Report 19MB
11. Traffic Study 2.8MB
    Appendices 10MB
12. Geology & Water Resources Assessment Report
    Volume 1 (document not available online)
    Volume 2 (document not available online)
    Volume 3 (document not available online)
    Adaptive Management Plan (document not available online) 
13. Site Plans
    Page 1 of 8 1.5MB
    Page 2 of 8 5.8MB
    Page 3 of 8 2.6MB
    Page 4 of 8 3.7MB
    Page 5 of 8 3MB
    Page 6 of 8 5.4MB
    Page 7 of 8 5.7MB
    Page 8 of 8 5.8MB

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Other Documents

• JART Status Report 2.8MB - dated November 2010
• Staff Report LPS53-10 173KB - dated May 11, 2010
  Re: Objection to Dufferin Aggregates/Holcim Inc. (Canada) Aggregate Resource Act Application - Acton Quarry Expansion, Town of Halton Hills
  • Map of Proposed Expansion - Attachment #1 for Staff Report LPS53-10 320KB
  • Aggregate Resources Act Process - Attachment #2 for Staff Report LPS53-10 495KB
• Notice of Complete Application131KB
• Notice of Public Information Session114KB - hosted by the Joint Agency Review Team (JART) on March 4, 2008

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Joint Agency Review Team Report (February 2012)

The following report was prepared by the JART to inform the public about the team's findings. The report details the application process, advises on outstanding issues related to the technical submissions and indicates which issues have been dealt with.

• Joint Agency Review Team Final Technical Report - 2012 3.82MB - February 2012

Contact & Links

Halton Region staff contact for this project is:

• Brian Hudson, Senior Planner
  Tel: 905-825-6000 Ext. 7209
  Planning Fax: 905-825-8822
  Toll-free Tel: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866)
  TTY: 905-827-9833

For more information on the Dufferin Acton Quarry Expansion:

• Visit the Dufferin Acton Quarry website 

For more information on the Aggregate Resources Act process:

• Visit the Ministry of Natural Resources' website 

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