Policy Edit

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Policy Text:

To address conditions resulting from past activities that are significant drinking water threats, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks shall:

- Ensure that all Prescribed Instruments issued for Condition Sites include terms and conditions, as appropriate, to ensure that the risk to drinking water sources is managed. Appropriate conditions may include requirements for source control, remediation to provincial standards, monitoring and Contaminant Management Plans;
- Ensure that Prescribed Instruments include a condition requiring the instrument holder to report on the actions taken and the status of the site to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Source Protection Authority and the municipality on an annual basis;
- Provide to The Regional Municipality of Waterloo a copy of the new or revised Prescribed Instrument.

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.