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Risk:

6.2.11-CW

Cataraqui

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP – WDS – Hauled Sewage, Biosolids

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Since May 2015, the ministry screens all (including new and existing) hauled sewage, processed organic waste, and biosolids disposal site Environmental Compliance Approval applications in accordance with Source Water Protection Plans. This includes consideration of whether the proposed activity would be a drinking water threat as outlined in the relevant Source Water Protection Plan under the Clean Water Act. The ministry will not issue an Environmental Compliance Approval for a site deemed as a significant drinking water threat. For sites deemed as a low or moderate drinking water threat, the ministry will consider the application, but additional site restrictions may apply. The ministry’s review and approval process is included in the Standard Operating Procedure that can be found in Environmental Registry No. 012-2968 (https://ero.ontario.ca/archive/012-2968).

MECP - WDS - Landfilling and Storage

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Since May 2015, the Ministry has been screening environmental compliance approval (ECA) applications to determine if the activity is located in an area where the activity could be a significant drinking water threat. This is called the “primary screening”. Based on a set of criteria, an ECA application is flagged for a more detailed ‘secondary screening’ to determine if the activity associated with the application is a significant drinking water threat.

Policy Text:

The Ministry of the Environment shall not permit establishment of new waste disposal sites where the following activities would be significant drinking water threats:

In Cana, Lansdowne and Miller Manor WHPA-A and WHPA-B where the vulnerability score is 10:

the application of non-agricultural source material to land
the application of untreated septage (i.e., hauled sewage) to land
landfilling of petroleum refining waste
landfilling of hazardous waste
landfilling of municipal waste
landfilling of solid non-hazardous industrial or commercial waste
liquid industrial waste injection into a well

In Cana, Lansdowne and Miller Manor WHPA-B and WHPA-C where the vulnerability score is 8:

landfilling of municipal waste
landfilling of solid non-hazardous industrial or commercial waste
liquid industrial waste injection into a well

This prohibition does not apply to the application of non-agricultural source material to land in Lansdowne WHPA-B provided that the land is suitable for this activity, and any approvals incorporate appropriate risk management measures to protect the source of drinking water.

Monitoring Text:

(6.2.19-CW): In order to monitor the implementation of policies 6.2.11-CW, 6.2.13-CW, 6.2.14-CW, 6.2.15-CW and 6.2.17-CW, the Ministry of the Environment shall publish information to demonstrate implementation in a timely manner and in a location that is readily accessible to the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority.