Policy Text:
1) The application of NASM (Category 2 and 3) to land shall be prohibited where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat in any of the following areas:
WHPA-A (future); or
WHPA-B (VS = 10) (future); or
WHPA-E (VS = 8) (future); or
the remainder of an Issue Contributing Area for Nitrates or Pathogens (future).
2) The application of NASM to land (existing) may continue only until the expiry of the current approval, after which time it would be considered as a future activity.
Timelines:
T-2: Prescribed Instruments (existing), where prohibited, shall not be renewed when the current Prescribed Instrument expires, and the significant threat activity to which the Prescribed Instrument pertains, shall cease no later than 5 years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.
T-3: The relevant Ministry shall comply with the Prescribed Instrument policy (future) immediately upon the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.