Does the law require gravel pit rehabilitation?
Yes, the Aggregate Resource Act requires progressive rehabilitation during the operation of each pit and final rehabilitation when the pit shuts down. The current lack of rehabilitation is against the law . (Click to see details.) • Gravel pit rehabilitation: Is it falling behind? Yes, less than half of the area being excavated for aggregate pits is being rehabilitated. Ontario has roughly 23,000 hectares of disturbed (stripped) land in gravel pits. In the decade 1992-2001 another roughly 6,000 hectares (roughly the area of 10,000 football fields) were disturbed and not rehabilitated. (Click to see details.) • The cost: How much will it cost to carry out the missing rehabilitation? The bill runs in the many millions of dollars. The industry’s APAO/MAAP figures state that rehabilitation costs $12,495 per hectare. Based on this rate, the cost of cleaning up just the areas that were newly disturbed and not rehabilitated in the decade 1992-2001 will be roughly $75,000,000. This does not co
