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ROSS PIT
APPLICATION FOR MUNICIPAL
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION
HOURS/DAYS OF OPERARTION
ACCESS & HAUL ROUTES
GRAVEL PIT DEVELOPMENT & RECLAMATION PHASES
EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS, FUELLING & SERVICING
CRUSHING, WASH & ASPHALT PLANTS
SAFETY, NOISE & DUST
GROUNDWATER
PROVINCIAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
– CODE OF PRACTICE REGISTRATION
– APPROVALS PURSUANT TO THE WATER ACT
MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY BY LAW 02/10
3.3 Industrial / Natural Resource Extraction
• South McDougal Flats is home to a large number and
mix of industrial uses. Uses which require extensive land
areas for outdoor storage, stockpiling, etc. have tended
to locate in the Flats outside of Town.
• The entire area is also identified as having an abundance
of good quality gravel therefore natural resource
extraction has and will continue to be a major land use
consideration.
MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY BY LAW 17/12
SOUTH McDOUGAL FLATS AREA STRUCTURE PLAN
AMENDMENT TO BY LAW 02/10
To delete Section 9.1.1(c) (i) to (iii) and replace with the
following:
• i. The subdivision shall not result in more than four (4) titles in
the quarter section
• ii. The maximum total area taken from a previously
unsubdivided quarter section for residential development
shall not exceed 4.05 ha (10 acres).
All development applications shall provide for appropriate
buffering and interface between current and future land uses.
COMMUNITY AGGREGATE PAYMENT
• On January 1, 2012 Bylaw No. 14/11 Community
Aggregate Payment Levy came into effect.
• Under the terms of the bylaw a $0.25 per tonne levy will
be applied on all shipments of aggregate from any pit
within the boundaries of Mountain View County. The
levy will be applied against sand and gravel business
operators and not the individual landowners.
• The estimated recoverable volumes at the Ross Pit are
3.8 mil tonnes @ $0.25/t that equals $950,000 to County
revenue over the life of the pit.
SAND & GRAVEL IN ALBERTA
• The Alberta Sand & Gravel Association reports that 30–40
million t of aggregate are produced province wide every year.
Sand & Gravel comprise a significant percentage of the total
volume of building materials consumed by the public and
private sector; and the general public.
• Alberta Transportation requirements for paving alone are
based on the premise of all highways requiring resurfacing
every 16 years. At 5,600t/km for 4 lane highways and 2,800
t/km for 2 lane highways AT will within the 16 year time
frame require 1.5 mil tonne of Asphalt Concrete Pavement
(ACP) within the haul radius of a typical set of roadways.
• Not all of this material is produced from raw pit run.
Recycling is a component of the production of finished
product; if viable West Can may include some recycling.
RECYCLING OF ACP & CONCRETE MATERIALS
ASPHALT
RECYCLING OF ACP & CONCRETE MATERIALS
CONCRETE
RECYCLING OF ACP & CONCRETE MATERIALS
REBAR, JOINTS AND OTHER
STEEL IS SEPERATED BY
ELECTRO-MAGNET AND
SALVAGED AS SCRAP IRON
ACTIVE PIT NEAR FORT NORMANDEAU
RECLAIMED ACREAGES
ACTIVE PIT
NOTE: PIT OPERATIONS PRE-DATE THE ACREAGE DEVELOPMENTS
BEFORE & AFTER SCENARIOS
RECLAIMED AREA – ACTIVE PIT IN BACKGROUND
PIT NEAR LACOMBE
OPERATED SINCE MID 1980’s
IN 2002
IN 2006
IN 2012 – ENTIRE ¼ SECTION IS BEING FARMED AGAIN
ROSS PIT - SURROUNDING LAND USES
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PHASES
POTENTIAL SOIL BERMS
BERM VIEW FROM SOUTH EAST
SOIL BERMS –TYPICAL CROSS-SECTION
SOUND TEST RECEIVER
BERM DETAIL
FUTURE RECLAMATION PHASES
CONCEPTUAL DRAWING – END PIT FEATURE