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Risk:

RW-MC-1.27

Grand River

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

OMAFRA - NASM Plans

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

No existing NASM plans in 2023

OMAFRA - NASM Plans

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

4 new NASM plan in Grand River, 2 are only E&O policies, 1 had the vulnerable area excluded from the NASM plan, and 1 had land application best management practices added as conditions

OMAFRA - NMS

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

One existing Nutrient Management Strategy in the City of Brantford had conditions requiring OMAFRA approval of any new/expanding ASM storage or OCA/livestock yard. NOTE: OMAFRA does not issue or review Nutrient Management Plans so answer will always be not applicable. However, guidance has been developed for Risk Management Officials, farmers and certified individuals that prepare Nutrient Management Plans to use to help determine if a prescribed instrument conforms to the significant drinking water threat policies. Guidance documents are available on nutrientmanagement.ca under the Resources section. Some training was also delivered by OMAFRA to certified preparers on requirements and responsibilities of incorporating source water protection into prescribed instruments (Nutrient Management Plans included).

OMAFRA - NMS

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

2 Nutrient Management Strategies were submitted in the Grand River Source Protection Area in significant drinking water threat areas in 2023. One had an insignificant amount of overlap with WHPA A (property boundaries barely touching) so no action taken. One had conditions placed on approval, where the conditions were: no establishment of an ASM storage, OCA/yard without Director notification and approval

Policy Text:

Any Prescribed Instrument issued under the Nutrient Management Act that is created or amended or is used for the purposes of obtaining an exemption from a Risk Management Plan under Section 61 of O. Reg. 287/07 shall incorporate terms and conditions that, when implemented, manage the activities they regulate such that those activities cease to be or never become a significant drinking water threat. The Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs is expected to review all Prescribed Instruments issued under the Nutrient Management Act in areas where the activities they regulate are or would be significant drinking water threats to ensure the Prescribed Instruments contain such terms and conditions including the Prescribed Instruments that are not directly created or issued by the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs such as Nutrient Management Plans.

Monitoring Text:

(RW-CW-1.12) Where the Source Protection Plan policies require a Provincial Ministry to undertake an activity under the Environmental Compliance Approval process or review, issue or amend a Prescribed Instrument, the applicable Provincial Ministry should:

a. Provide a copy of the Prescribed Instruments to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo;
b. Provide a written report to the Region of Waterloo and the Source Protection Authority summarizing where Prescribed Instruments have been issued and/or amended and for each instrument a summary of the conditions included for source protection purposes.