ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a different approach to the planning and regulation of aggregate resources based on integrated resource management principles. Because the character of aggregate resources is unique, and not easily regulated using the present planning processes, an integrated resource management approach may provide a better means to develop and reclaim this resource. Ontario has developed comprehensive legislation since 1971 to regulate aggregate extraction at a provincial level. In Ontario, the extraction of sand, gravel, and bedrock resources is regulated under the Aggregate Resources Act. The Ministry of Natural Resources administers the Aggregate Resources Act in conjunction with the Mineral Aggregate Resources Policy Statement which is issued under the authority of Section 3 of the Planning Act. Regulations of aggregate mining in British Columbia have been primarily controlled by soil removal by-laws at the municipal level. The Mines Act defines aggregate extraction as a mine and provides direction for the permitting, reclamation, and inspection of any mining operations.
