The following activities, where they are significant drinking water threats, are designated for the purpose of section 58 of the Clean Water Act. Therefore a risk management plan is required for these activities in the specified areas of the Lansdowne Wellhead Protection Area:

in WHPA-A:

the existing storage of agricultural source material
the existing use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing, an outdoor confinement area or farm animal yard.

in WHPA-B:

the existing and future application of agricultural source material to land
the existing and future application of commercial fertilizer to land
the existing and future application of pesticide to land containing MCPA or Mecoprop on at least 1 hectare
the existing and future application of pesticide to land containing Atrazine, Dicamba, 2,4-D, 1,3 Dichloropropene, MCPB, Metalaxyl, Metolachlor or s-Metolachlor on at least 10 hectares
the existing and future use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or a farm animal yard
the existing storage of agricultural source material.

A risk management plan is not required where the activity listed in a. is already managed by a nutrient management strategy and/or plan through Ontario Regulation 267/03 (General), or through municipal By-law 06-056.

The risk management plan should be consistent with the requirements of Ontario Regulation 267/03 and agricultural best management practices, and recognize existing good management practices, as appropriate.

If one or more of these activities is engaged in immediately before the Source Protection Plan takes effect, the risk management plan shall be established within two years of the Source Protection Plan taking effect.

If one or more of these activities is to be engaged in after the Source Protection Plan takes effect, the risk management plan shall be established before the activity becomes established.

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