Policy Text:
Within one year of the Plan coming into effect, municipalities, in collaboration with the lead Source Protection Authority (SPA), shall implement an outreach and education program, developed by the lead SPA, for delivery to all landowners within their jurisdiction located within a wellhead protection area where the vulnerability score is 10, and apply or store ASM, NASM, commercial fertilizer or pesticide where it is a significant drinking water threat. This includes, for example, but is not limited to the following (for full circumstance details refer to the MOE Tables of Circumstances):
a) agricultural source material (ASM) in any quantity
b) non-agricultural source material (NASM) where either:
i. the storage is at or above grade and the mass of nitrogen is greater than 5 tonnes or
ii. the storage is in a permanent nutrient storage facility below grade or partially above grade where the mass of nitrogen is at least 0.5 tonnes or
iii. the NASM being stored contains material generated by a meat plant or
iv. the NASM being applied contains material generated by a meat plant or sewage works
v. the livestock density (according to livestock density mapping) is sufficient to annually apply the NASM at a rate greater than 1.0 nutrient unit per acre or
vi. the application area has a managed lands percentage of greater than 80%
c) commercial fertilizer where either:
i. it is stored for retail sale or application in quantities in excess of 2500kg or
ii. the livestock density (according to livestock density mapping) is greater than 1 nutrient unit per acre or
iii. the percentage of managed land is greater than 80%
d) pesticides where either:
i. it is used for the purposes of extermination and is stored in quantities greater than 250 kg or
ii. it is applied on lands greater than 1 ha.
The outreach and education program is intended to inform affected landowners of risks to sources of local municipal drinking water and help identify means by which such risks can be minimized.