Niagara Escarpment Commission

	Aggregates Mineral resource extraction is a permitted use in the Niagara Escarpment Plan. One of seven land use designations, the Mineral Resource Extraction Area accounts for two percent of the overall Plan Area. Land use policies, objectives and development criteria provide for extractive operations, after uses and new mineral resource extraction areas. The Mineral Resource Extraction Area designation includes pits and quarries licensed pursuant to the Aggregate Resources Act and areas where mineral resource extraction may be permitted subject to the policies of the Niagara Escarpment Plan. New Mineral Resource Extraction Areas producing less than 20,000 tonnes (22,000 tons) annually may be permitted in the Escarpment Rural Area without an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan. New Mineral Resource Extraction Areas producing more than 20,000 tonnes (22,000 tons) annually may be designated in the Escarpment Rural Area by an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan. Such an amendment will be to effect the change from Escarpment Rural Area to Mineral Resource Extraction Area. Download the map as a PDF printer friendly

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