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REPORT
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2008 Resolution #:G pfJ -j n-dj)
Date:
Report #: FND-019-08
File#:
By-law #:
Subject:
AGGREGATE RESOURCE ACT
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report FND-019-08 be received for information.
Rov;ewed .,,~~
franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer.
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INTRODUCTION:
At the October 15, 2007 Council meeting, Council requested the Director of
FinancefTreasurer to report back to the General Purpose and Administration Committee
meeting regarding the aggregate fee structure and possibly increasing the fee.
BACKGROUND:
The Aggregates Resources Act replaced the Pits and Quarries Control Act effective
January 1, 1990. It is the Ministry of Natural Resources' responsibility to manage
Ontario's aggregate resources. During 1997, in an effort to better focus Ministry staff on
delivery of core programs, the Aggregates Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. A.B, was
amended and gave the Minister the power to create the Aggregate Resources Trust and
to appoint a trustee to look after its affairs.
In 1997, The Ontario Aggregates Resources Corporation (TOARC) was incorporated to
act as the trustee of the Aggregate Resources Trust.
The purposes of the Trust include the following:
. The rehabilitation of land for which a Licence or Permit has been revoked and for
which final rehabilitation has not been completed;
. The rehabilitation of abandoned pits and quarries, including surveys and studies
respecting their location and condition;
. Research on aggregate resources management, including rehabilitation;
. Payments to the Crown in right of Ontario and to regional municipalities, counties
and local municipalities in accordance with regulations made pursuant to the Act;
. The management of the Abandoned Pits and Quarries Rehabilitation Fund;
. The education and training of persons engaged in or interested in the
management of the aggregate resources of Ontario, the operation of pits or
quarries, or the rehabilitation of land from which aggregate has been excavated;
. The gathering, publishing and dissemination of information relating to the
management of the aggregate resources of Ontario, the control and regulation of
aggregate operations and the rehabilitation of land from which aggregate has
been excavated.
The Ministry of Natural Resources main mission remains as follows:
. To protect the provincial interest in aggregate resources and develop, maintain
and enforce appropriate technical standards.
. To provide leadership in the development of partnerships with key stakeholders
for the effective management of aggregate resources to benefit the people of
Ontario.
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The Ministry of Natural Resources have core program staff responsible for the
standards and policy development, program design and coordination, evaluation and
monitoring for the Aggregate Resources Program.
The province of Ontario is divided into many districts and an Aggregate Officer from the
Ministry of Natural Resources is assigned to each district and is responsible for the
acceptance of applications and leads in dealing with compliance of the Aggregates
Resources Act. For example: That a licenced pit operator is performing progressive
rehabilitation. Progressive rehabilitation is sequential rehabilitation of the pit or quarry
by the aggregate producer.
STATISTICAL:
Per the 2006 Statistical Update prepared by The Ontario Aggregates Resources
Corporation (TOARC), Clarington was number 6 on the list of the Top Ten Producing
Municipalities for the Tonnes Extracted. Please refer to Attachment "A ".
On an annual basis, The Ontario Aggregates Resources Corporation (TOARC) sends a
cheque to the Municipality representing our share of the licence fees collected from the
aggregate producers. The amount of the cheque is based on the aggregate production
and/or minimum fee collected in the previous year.
Annual aggregate licence fee paid to Clarington:
2008 not available yet
2007 $202,335
2006 $231,616
2005 $213,731
2004 $223,352
2003 $187,928
2002 $218,857
AGGREGATE FEE STRUCTURE:
After several consultations with the aggregate stakeholders and lobbying by Ontario
municipalities and AMO over a long period of time, the Minister of Natural Resources
increased the fee per tonne and designated new geographic areas in eastern and
northern Ontario to be covered under the Aggregate Resources Act.
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During 2006, the Ministry of Natural Resources increased the fees collected from the
aggregate producers effective January 1, 2007 from $0.06 per tonne to $0.115 per
tonne which will be distributed in 2008 as follows:
DollarsfTonne
New Fee Old Fee
Lower tier municipalities .060
Upper tier municipalities .015
The Crown (Province) .035
Abandoned Pit & Quarry
Rehabilitation Fund (MAAP) .005
.040
.005
.010
.005
The Municipality of Clarington should receive its 2007 licence fee at the new fee of 0.06
cents per tonne in the fall of 2008 from The Ontario Aggregates Resources Corporation
(TOARC).
Attachments:
Attachment "A" - Licence Production in 2006 for Top Ten Producing Municipalities
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
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Attachment "A"
LICENCE PRODUCTION IN 2006
THE TOP TEN PRODUCING MUNICIPALITIES
(Rounded to nearest million tonnes)
2006 Production
Municipality County/Region Production 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
1 City of Ottawa(1) City of Ottawa 11.1 10.6 9.9 10.0 10.7 10.1
2 City of Kawartha Lakes(2) City of Kawartha Lakes 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4
3 City of Hamilton(3) City of Hamilton 6.2 5.6 6.3 5.9 5.4 6.0
4 Township of Uxbridge Durham 5.4 5.3 5.5 4.9 4.7 5.0
5 Town of Caledon Peel 5.3 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.9
6 Municipality of Clarington Durham 5.0 5.8 5.3 5.6 4.7 4.7
7 Township of North Dumfries Waterloo 5.0 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.7
8 Puslinch Township Wellington County 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.5
9 Town of Milton Halton 4.6 5.0 5.6 5.2 5.9 8.8
10 Township of Zorra Oxford 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5
Total 57.7 57.2 57.9 55.3 54. 1 58.6
Note: Municipalities are ranked in order of their licenced production for 2006
Production statistics for 2001 include tonnage of the pre-amalgamated cites and townships of:
(1) Cities of Ottawa, Gloucester and Neapean, Townships of Cumberland, Goulborn, Osgoode, Rideau and West Carleton
(2) Townships of Baxley, Laxton, Digby & Langford, Bobcaygeon, Carden/Dalton, Eldon, Emily, Fenelon, Manvers, Mariposa, Somerville
(3) Cities of Hamilton and Stoney Creek, Towns of Ancaster, Dundas and Glanbrook
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