Current status

On October 16, 2023, James Dick Construction Ltd. issued a Notice of Commencement for the project-specific environmental assessment process set out in Ontario Regulation 539/21.

Learn more about the proposed quarry and the ongoing environmental assessment process on James Dick Construction Ltd.’s project webpage.

Project summary

James Dick Construction Ltd. is proposing to establish and operate a quarry, along with associated activities including the blasting, processing, recycling and shipping of aggregate materials.

The quarry would be located about 1.5 kilometres west of the Hamlet of Campbellville, in the Town of Milton.

Proponent

James Dick Construction Ltd.

Location

9210 Twiss Road, Milton (part of Lot 6 and Lot 7, Concession 2, former geographic township of Nassagaweya)

Type

Other

Reference number

19068

Contact

Environmental Assessment Branch

Project history

Project-specific environmental assessment process: Ongoing
Notice of Commencement issued: October 16, 2023

Designation and exemption regulation (2021): Filed
Expiry of public comment period: March 15, 2021
Decision date: July 30, 2021

Designation/Exemption (2021)

The Environmental Assessment Act (Act) allows regulations to be made which designate a project as a project to which the Act applies. The Act also allows for regulations to be made to exempt a project from some or all of the requirements of the Act, and that exemption can be made subject to conditions.

The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks received over 20 designation requests asking that the quarry project be made subject to the Act. In early 2021, the ministry sought comments on a proposal for a project-specific regulation under the Act. Over 1,100 comments were received by the ministry, the majority of which supported designation and further assessment of the project.

In July 2021, the Lieutenant Governor in Council made a project-specific regulation designating the establishment and operation of the quarry as a project to which the Act applies. The regulation:

  • designates the establishment and operation of the Reid Road Reservoir Quarry and any associated enterprise or activity at the site as a project to which the Act applies
  • exempts the project from certain requirements of the Act so long as the project-specific requirements of the regulation are met

By requiring an environmental assessment process for the establishment and operation of the quarry, additional opportunities for public consultation and environmental studies will be provided. For example, certain studies not required as part of the proponent’s application process under the Aggregate Resources Act must be completed as part of the environmental assessment.

Learn more about the project-specific regulation on the Environmental Registry of Ontario.