Policy Text:
Within a wellhead protection area where the vulnerability score is 10, any existing commercial fertilizer or pesticide storage where it is a significant drinking water threat is designated for the purpose of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, and requires a Risk Management Plan. This includes, for example, but is not limited to the following (for full circumstance details refer to the MOE Tables of Circumstances):
a) the storage of commercial fertilizers where the mass of materials, in any form, is greater than 2,500 kilograms
b) the storage of pesticides for retail sale or extermination and the mass of materials is greater than 250 kilograms or
c) the storage of pesticides where they are manufactured, processed or wholesaled and the mass of materials is greater than 2500 kilograms.
The Risk Management Official shall negotiate or establish a Risk Management Plan with the person engaged in the designated threat activity within three years of the Plan coming into effect. The RMP is to contain, at a minimum, structural or management alterations (if any) which when implemented will ensure that existing operations continue to function in a manner which minimizes the risk to sources of municipal drinking water. Prescribed Instruments such as Nutrient Management Strategies or Nutrient Management Plans are expected to form the basis of the Risk Management Plan.