Policy Text:
To ensure any new waste disposal site within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act, for the storage of hazardous and liquid industrial waste, with the exception of the storage of wastes described in clauses (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), or (u) of the definition of hazardous waste, or in clause (d) of the definition of liquid industrial waste as per O. Reg. 347, which does not require an Environmental Compliance Approval and where such waste disposal site would be a significant drinking water threat, this activity shall be designated for the purpose of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 and a Risk Management Plan shall be required to manage the activity such that it never becomes a significant drinking water threat in the following vulnerable areas:
a. In an Intake Protection Zone 2 with a vulnerability score equal to nine (9)
b. In an Intake Protection Zone 3 with a vulnerability score equal to eight (8)
The requirements of the Risk Management Plan may be based on Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks tools and requirements for such activities, as set out in the Environmental Protection Act, but may also include any modifications or additional requirements that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Risk Management Official.