[All] Fw: Message from the Minister -- MELANCTHON

[Louisette Lanteigne]

--- On Wed, 6/8/11, MIN Feedback (MNR) <minister.mnr at ontario.ca> wrote:

From: MIN Feedback (MNR) <minister.mnr at ontario.ca>
Subject: Message from the Minister -- MELANCTHON
To: butterflybluelu at rogers.com
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 11:17 AM




 
 
My colleagues and I believe that all Ontarians deserve to live and work
in clean, safe communities – communities in which the environment
contributes to our overall health and well-being

 

 

 

 







 



MNR4046MC-2011-1397 

   

   

   

butterflybluelu at rogers.com 

   

   

Thank you for your e-mail regarding a quarry licence
application submitted under the Aggregate
Resources Act (ARA) by the Highland Companies in the
 Township of
 Melancthon .  I am pleased to respond. 

   

My colleagues and I believe that all Ontarians deserve to
live and work in clean, safe communities – communities in which the
environment contributes to our overall health and well-being.  With respect to
the proposed quarry, our government’s goal is to ensure an open and
transparent process for the application.  We are still in the early stages of
the licensing application process, and no approval has yet been given for a
quarry to proceed in Melancthon 
 Township . 

   

You may be interested to know that the ARA provides for a
full review of the potential impact of such a development on the local
environment.  The proposed quarry will also require approval under other
legislation, including the Planning Act,
the Environmental Protection Act
and the Ontario Water Resources Act. 

   

As set out by the ARA, groups or individuals had 45 days
– until April 26, 2011 – to register official objections to the
proposed quarry.  In response to the significant level of interest from the
community, I have extended the comment period on the Environmental Bill of
Rights Registry for this proposal until July 11, 2011.  All comments received
prior to July 11, 2011 will be considered as part of the decision-making
process by the Ministry of Natural Resources, if they are submitted in writing
or electronically through the registry’s website at www.ontario.ca/ebr using the form provided
in this notice and reference EBR Registry number 011-2864. 

   

If you have any questions, please e-mail Midhurst.Aggregates at Ontario.ca. 
 

   

Again, thank you for writing. 

   

Sincerely, 

   

   

   

   

Linda Jeffrey 

Minister of Natural Resources 

   



 


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