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News

• 2023 & 2024 Aggregate Fees
• Auditor General Value-for-Money Audit: Management of Aggregate Resources
• Avenues Magazine + Guelph Arboretum Video
• 2022 & 2023 Aggregate Fees
• Funding Opportunity Call
• Wetland Restored
• Thirty Island 'legacy' aggregate pits to be considered for free remediation
• 2021 & 2022 Aggregate Fees
• FREE Educational Sessions to Aggregate Producers
• Rejuvenating the Soil
• Changes to the way aggregates are managed in Ontario
• What is TOARC and MAAP?
• OSSGA - Rehabilitation of Pits & Quarries in Ontario
• OSSGA Introduces New Interactive Student Lessons as Part of its Grade 4 Rocks ‘N Our World Program
• New ARA Regulations Quick Reference
• New ARA Regulations Quick Reference
• Novel Strategies for Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function at Northern Ontario Aggregate Pits
• TOARC Office Reopens - Effective Oct 19, 2020
• The Fall 2020 issue of Avenues Magazine is now available online!
• Integrated Aggregate Operations Section – IAOS
• Avenue's Winter 2020 issue features TOARC employee!
• TOARC Office Closes effective March 24, 2020
• The Fall 2019 issue of Avenues Magazine is now available online!
• Where does it all go?
• MAAP Partners with Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Proposed changes to Regulation 244/97 (under the Aggregate Resources Act) Re: Pits and Quarries
• MNR Releases "A Blueprint For Change" Document
• Notice regarding changes to aggregate fees and royalties - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry issued July 2017

Employment

• There are no job opportunities at this time.

Faq

• What is the typical consultation and decision process for an application for an aggregate permit or licence?
• How do I apply to amend a site plan, licence or permit?
• How to rehabilitate pits and quarries?
• Where do the fees that are collected go?
• What are the annual aggregate fees and royalties?
• Where can I find active pits and quarries in Ontario?
• How do I apply for a licence or permit?
• How do I change my mailing address on my Licence/Permit?
• Some of my aggregate was used for a Provincial Project. How do I report this tonnage?
• I am interested in conducting research with your organization. Who do I contact?
• What happens to my property after the MAAP program has rehabilitated legacy pit/quarry?
• Does the pit/quarry on my property qualify for the MAAP Program?
• Where can I find amendment forms?
• Can I submit my annual production report electronically?
• How can I learn more about the production reporting requirements?
• I have materials imported into my pit. How should I report that?
• Why did someone leave a "Life After Aggregates" brochure at my property?
• What must be included in the tender submission?
• Do I have to attend the pre-bid meeting in order to submit a bid?
• What are the document requirements for the "Successful Tenderer"?
• I am a Forest company that has sold or has made use of a portion of our annual production for purposes other than forest access roads. How do I report these amounts correctly?
• How do I find out about up-coming rehabilitation projects?
• Where does the MAAP program get its funding?
• What is the MAAP program?
• Where do I submit my Compliance Assessment Report (CAR)?
• Where is your office located?
• How do I change my legal name on my Licence/Permit?
• I wish to transfer/surrender my Licence/Permit this year. How do I proceed with this?
• Do I still have to complete a production report even if I haven’t used the pit/quarry this year?
• What changes have been made to aggregate fees and royalties?
• Do I still have to pay my annual fee even if I’m planning on transferring or surrendering my licence and/or permit this year?
• I made a mistake in the calculations of my tonnage this year and have already sent in my report. How do I correct this?
• What methods of payment can I use?

Projects

• 18-05b Township of Carrick, Bruce County
• 18-05a Normanby Township, Grey County
• 18-04e Township of Arran, Bruce County
• 18-04d Township of Arran, Bruce County
• 18-03b Township of Greenock, Bruce County
• 18-03a Township of Greenock, Bruce County
• 18-02c Township of Howick, Huron County
• 18-02b Township of Turnberry, Huron County
• 18-02a Township of Hullett, Huron County
• 17-11 Township of Verulam, Kawartha Lakes County
• 17-09c Township of Wallace, Perth County
• 17-08d Township of Morris, Huron County
• 17-07e Township of Hullet, Huron County
• 17-04a Township of Howick, Huron County
• 17-03a Township of Culross, Bruce County
• 17-02c Township of Carrick, Bruce County
• 16-11a Township of Manvers, Kawartha Lakes County
• 16-10c Township of Emily, Kawartha Lakes County
• 16-07d Township of Haldimand, Northumberland County
• 16-05b Township of Hamilton, Northumberland County
• 16-05a Township of Hope, Northumberland County
• Project 17-08c: Morris Township, Huron County
• Project 17-09d Linthorst: Wallace Township, Perth County
• Project 16-03b Mundt: Stafford Township, Renfrew County
• Project 16-07e Taylor: Alnwick Township, Northumberland County
• Project 12-10b Walsh: Brighton Township, Northumberland County
• Project 12-04a Schut: Alnwick Township, Northumberland County
• Project 12-17 Mechis: McIntyre Township, Thunder Bay
• Project 12-16 Gallo: McIntyre Township, Thunder Bay
• Project: 11-11a Shetler: West Wawanosh Township, Huron County
• Project 11-07d Rhodes: Melancthon Township, Dufferin County
• Project 11-07b: McAuslane: Mulmur Township, Dufferin County
• Project 10-10 Dancey: Mariposa Township, Kawartha Lakes
• Project 10-06 Carroll: Emily Township, Kawartha Lakes
• Project 10-23 - Harcourt Township, Haliburton County
• 16-05d– Hamilton Township, Northumberland County
• 17-07c Township of McKillop, Huron County
• 17-09d: Township of Wallace, Perth County
• 17-07b: Township of Hibbert, Perth County
• 17-07a: Township of Hibbert, Perth County
• 17-05d: Township of Hibbert, Perth County
• 17-03c: Township of Turnberry, Huron County
• 17-03b: Township of Culross, Bruce County
• 16-12b: Township of Doura, Peterborough County
• Project 08-15 : Township of Bruce, Bruce County
• Project 08-11 : Township of Hungerford, Hastings County
• Project 08-09 : Township of Tyendianaga, Hastings County
• Project 08-05 : Township of Madoc, Hastings County
• Project 08-03 : Township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington
• Project 10-07 : Township of Manvers, Peterborough County
• Project 11-11b: Township of West Wawanosh, Huron County
• Project 11-11a: Township of West Wawanosh, Huron County
• Project 11-10a: Township of East Wawanosh, Huron County
• Project 11-07d: Township of Mulmer, Dufferin County
• Project 13-03a: Township of West Luther, Wellington County
• Project 13-02b: Township of West Garafraxa, Wellington County
• Project 13-02a: Township of West Garafraxa, Wellington County
• Project 13-01: Township of West Garafraxa, Wellington County
• Project 14-06a: Township of Kinloss, Bruce County
• Project 14-05b: Township of Normanby, Grey County
• Project 14-04 Township of Elderslie, Bruce County
• Project 14-03 Township of Elderslie, Bruce County
• Project 14-02c: Township of Arran, Bruce County
• Project 14-02a: Township of Amabel, Bruce County
• Project 15-11: Township of Arthur, Wellington County
• Project 15-09c: Township of Artemesia, Grey County
• Project 15-09b: Township of Artemesia, Grey County
• Project 15-09a: Township of Egremont, Grey County
• Project 15-05b: Mayo Township, Hastings County
• Project 15-08c: Township of Egremont, Grey County
• Project 15-08a: Township of Egremont, Grey County
• Project 15-04b: Township of Hungerford, Hastings County
• Project 15-04a: Township of Hungerford, Hastings County
• Project 15-02c: Township of Rawdon, Hastings County
• Project 07-02 : Township of East Luther, Dufferin County
• Project 07-08 : Township of Minto, Wellington County
• Project 07-04 : Township of Keppel, Grey County
• Project 07-09 : Township of Minto, Wellington County
• Project 07-11 : Township of Minto, Wellington County
• Project 07-13 : Township of Minto, Wellington County
• Project 07-21 : Township of Holland, Grey County
• Project 06-15 : Township of Mono, Dufferin County
• Project 05-11 : Township of Elma, Perth County

Publications

• A 40-Year Research and Demonstration Project, Guelph Arboretum: Final Report
• A 40-Year Research and Demonstration Project, Guelph Arboretum: Final Report
• Rapid Assessment of Legacy Pit Restoration Success: A Pilot Project to TOARC
• Rapid Assessment of Legacy Pit Restoration Success: A Pilot Project to TOARC
• Arboretum Gravel Pit Sarah Video
• Arboretum Gravel Pit Restoration
• Thirty Island ‘legacy’ aggregate pits to be considered for free remediation
• A 40 - Year Research and Demonstration Project, Guelph Arboretum, Winter 2022
• Rapid Ecological Resoration for Aggregate Sites, University of Waterloo, Fall 2021
• Rapid Ecological Resoration for Aggregate Sites, University of Waterloo, Winter 2019
• From Pit to Paradise, Ductario, Fall 2017
• No-cost MAAP Program turns gravel pits into natural areas or farmland, Wellington Advertiser, Winter 2013
• MAAP Restores gravle pits to farm land- for free, Ontario Farmer, Winter 2012
• Quarry to Alvar Initiative, University of Guelph, Winter 2006
• Experimental Manipulation of Aquatic Habitat, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Fall 2004
• Establishing Alvar Mosses on Quarry Floors, Bryophyta Technologies Inc., Spring 2010
• Tallgrass Prairie Restoration within Legacy Sand Pits, UBC- Okanagan, Winter 2011
• Biodiversity and Stability in Quarry Restoration- diversity and resistance to simulated climate change, University of Guelph, Spring 2009
• Optimising Ecohydrological Protocols to Enhance Calcareous Wetland Rehabilitation in Legacy Quarries - Circulation paper, McMaster University, Fall 2009
• Characterizing the Two- Dimensional Therma Conductivity Distribution in a Sand and Gravel Aquifer, University of Western Ontario, Summer 2006
• Download Thermal Plume Transport from Sand and Gravel Pits - Potential Thermal Impacts on Cool Water Streams
• Best Practice Guidelines- Extracting the Benefits for Species at Risk and Rare Habitats, Savanta Inc., Winter 2008
• Improving Rehabilitation Options Through Research, MAAP, Summer 2011
• Establishing Alvar Mosses on Quarry Floors, Bryophyta Technologies Inc., Winter 2013
• Establishing Alvar Mosses on Quarry Floors- Full report, Bryophyta Technologies Inc., Winter 2013
• Prairie Restoration in Post- Extraction Sandpits: Plant Response to Arbuscula Mycorrihizal Inoculum, Biochar, and Municpal Compost - Full report, UBC- Okanagan, Winter 2012
• Download Full Report- Prairie Restoration in Post-Extraction Sandpits Plant Response to Arbuscular
• From Aggregates to Agriculture- Interim report, TOARC, Winter 2013
• From Aggregates to Agriculture, TOARC, Summer 2013
• Feasibility of Mitigating Hardwood Forest Removal through Afforestation of Farmland, University of Waterloo, Spring 2015
• Quarry to Alvar Initiative, Canadian Reclemation, Winter 2009
• Agriculture and the Aggregate Industry, MNR, Spring 1982
• Great Lake Alvars, Nature Conservancy, Fall 1995
• Trees & Shrubs, MNR, Winter 1979
• From Pits to Playgrounds, MNR, Spring 1992
• Sand and Gravel Pit Rehabilitation in Northern Ontario, MNR, Spring 1987
• Rehabilitation of Sand and Gravel Pits for Fruit Production in Ontario, MNR, Spring 1986
• Rehabilitation of Pits and Quarries for Fish and Wildlife, MNR, Spring 1987
• Rehabilitation of Pits and Quarries for Forest Production, MNR, Spring 1988
• State of the Aggregate Resource in Ontario Study, MNR, Winter 2010
• The State of the Art in Ontario, MNR, Fall 1984
• Outstanding Rehabilitation and Reclamation Sites, S.E. Yundt Ltd., Stantec, Spring 2010
• Rehabilitating Legacy Pits & Quarries Across Ontario, Canadian Reclamation, Spring 2017

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