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Crown Land:

Legacy sites located on Crown land are closed since they are not designated under the Aggregate Resources Act. Subsequently, the legacy site would not qualify for the MAAP program.

Developed:

These are legacy sites where the pit or quarry has been developed into commercial properties, residential homes or parklands.

Landowner Not Interested (LNI):

Many landowners utilize the legacy site in its disturbed condition for a variety of functions (storage of farm implements, removal of gravel for personal use, and so on) and therefore are not interested in having the site rehabilitated by the MAAP program. Such sites are identified as “Landowner Not Interested” but can be revisited if, the landowners change their minds or if the ownership changes hands and the new landowner is interested in the program.

Licenced:

In some instances legacy sites will have been licence under the Aggregate Resources Act. Subsequently, the legacy site no longer qualifies for the MAAP program as rehabilitation will now be a condition of the licence. Information on the pit or quarry can be found on the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Pits and Quarries Online database.

MAAP Project:

The MAAP program rehabilitates pits and quarries every year, after rehabilitation the files are closed. The MAAP program aims to rehabilitate sites to provide a higher level of function (usefulness) over the prevailing condition of the site, always having regard to eliminating any safety concerns. Rehabilitation objectives are set in consultation with the landowner.

MNR Project:

Between 1992 and 1996 the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (formerly Ministry of Natural Resources "MNR") completed the rehabilitation of legacy pits and quarries as mandated by the Aggregated Resources Act.

Naturalized:

The MAAP program uses the term ‘naturalized’ for sites where ecological succession has increased in complexity until it has become stable or self – maintaining as a healthy, functioning ecosystem. Site checks must reveal that there are no safety concerns associated with the sites, that ecological niches exist, rehabilitation would do more harm than good and that the site blends in with the surrounding topography and landscapes. The MAAP program classifies naturalized sites into the following broad categories: Forest Forest Regenerating Meadow Non- Specified Water Body Wetland Complex Alvar

No Trace of Extraction:

Sites that fall into this classification are those where, after satellite image interpretation, ground truthing and landowner contact the location of the pit cannot be determined. The case may be that the legacy site may have been:

rehabilitated by a past landowner or;
a home or building may have been erected on the legacy pit/quarry location or;
there was not enough information in the original Ministry inventory to locate the site (ex. lot and/ or concession missing, no map provided, etc.) or;
the landowner reports that the disturbance was not caused by aggregate extraction.

Rehabilitated by Landowner:

These are legacy pits and quarries that have been rehabilitated by the current or by the past landowner and no longer require the intervention of the MAAP program.

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