These included testifying before the Standing Committee on General Government during the 2012 review of the ARA, attending numerous meetings of the ARA Multi- Stakeholder Working Group in the fall of 2013 and providing comments on the Ministry’s 2016 Blueprint of Change regarding the aggregate sector. [...] (b) Environmental Significance of Aggregate Production The importation and storage of recycling materials on an aggregate site; the operation of portable processing equipment; the addition or relocation of entrances to aggregate sites; the operation of portable concrete or asphalt plants; and above-ground fuel storage, are all operational matters which have the potential to cause adverse impacts t. [...] While the proposal may reduce the regulatory burden for aggregate operators, it has the potential to cause serious impacts to human health and the environment and is not in the public interest. [...] However, CELA notes that many of the listed activities in the proposal have the potential to cause significant impacts to neighboring residents, the local community and the natural environment. [...] CELA, therefore, recommends that the proponent be required to continue to undertake notification and consultation in relation to the activities that the Ministry’s proposal has classified as “non-significant changes.” We note that the notification to interested parties is not an onerous requirement and can help forestall land-use conflicts before the occur.
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