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MECP – WDS – Hauled Sewage, Biosolids

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

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In progress/some progress made

Transportation of hauled sewage is regulated by either a Waste Management System Environmental Compliance Approval or by a hauler registered on the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (Regulation 351/12). Both permission types typically require haulers to have a spill contingency plan. Copies of Waste Management System Environmental Compliance Approvals or activities registered on the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry can be found on the ministry's Access Environment website. More information about Access Environment can be found here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/list-environmental-approvals-and-registrations.

Policy Text:

The Ministry of the Environment should include requirements for spill contingency plans for businesses that haul septage by barge in the following areas as part of any new or amended licenses or environmental compliance approvals under the Environmental Protection Act, as appropriate, to identify the locations of the municipal intake(s) and intake protection zone(s) in relation to the business' travel routes, and to update their procedures to better manage the risk to the drinking water source(s) in the event of an emergency, spill or unauthorized discharge related to the transportation and handling of hauled sewage:

on the St. Lawrence River in Brockville IPZ-1 and IPZ-2
on the St. Lawrence River in James W. King IPZ-1 and IPZ-2
on Sydenham Lake in Sydenham IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3a.

The Ministry of the Environment should publish information to demonstrate implementation of this policy in a timely manner and in a location that is readily accessible to the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority.

Monitoring Text:

b. The Ministry of the Environment should publish information to demonstrate implementation of this policy in a timely manner and in a location that is readily accessible to the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority.