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Eligibility Fact Sheet Algonquin Cottage Program

6. Removal of Waste

Section 4.6 of the cottage lot policy outlines requirements to remove all waste that is currently on or adjacent to the cottage lot. It was noted during the 2015 cottage lot inventory that garbage and other waste items are present on some cottage lots including items such as old tires, discarded appliances, used building materials, can and bottle dumps etc.. As part of eligibility cottagers will be required to remove these items from their lot. Since most of this material is not suitable for Algonquin Provincial Park’s Molok system, it will have to be removed from the park at the cottager’s expense.

The initial package that cottagers were sent in October 2016 contained the document “Summary of Findings”. Within that document under the heading “Additional information, Hazard Waste/Garbage?” there will be an indication if any such materials were noted on your cottage lot during the 2015 inventory. You will also receive a notice in the spring or summer of 2017 after you have applied for 2022 occupational authority indicating if garbage was noted on the lot and instructing you to remove it. However, regardless of whether garbage was noted during the 2015 inventory, failure to remove new garbage or garbage that was not originally noted could result in failure to meet eligibility.