<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/8/11, MIN Feedback (MNR) <i><minister.mnr@ontario.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: MIN Feedback (MNR) <minister.mnr@ontario.ca><br>Subject: Message from the Minister -- MELANCTHON<br>To: butterflybluelu@rogers.com<br>Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 11:17 AM<br><br><div id="yiv2127812659">
<title>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</title>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">MNR4046MC-2011-1397</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Thank you for your e-mail regarding a quarry licence
application submitted under the <i><span style="font-style:italic;">Aggregate
Resources Act</span></i> (ARA) by the Highland Companies in the
Township of
Melancthon . I am pleased to respond.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">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 .</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">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 <i><span style="font-style:italic;">Planning Act</span></i>,
the <i><span style="font-style:italic;">Environmental Protection Act</span></i>
and the Ontario<i><span style="font-style:italic;"> Water Resources Act</span></i>.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">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 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontario.ca/ebr">www.ontario.ca/ebr</a> using the form provided
in this notice and reference EBR Registry number 011-2864.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">If you have any questions, please e-mail <font color="navy"><span style="color:navy;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Midhurst.Aggregates@Ontario.ca" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=Midhurst.Aggregates@Ontario.ca">Midhurst.Aggregates@Ontario.ca</a>.
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Again, thank you for writing.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Sincerely,</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Linda Jeffrey</span></font></p>
<p class="yiv2127812659MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Minister of Natural Resources</span></font></p>
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