Policy Edit

Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

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Comment

Policy Text:

The existing or future land application or storage of agricultural source material is designated for the purpose of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, requiring a Risk Management Plan in areas where the threat is or would be significant as described in Appendix B. The Risk Management Plans for existing activities shall be established within three years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect. This policy does not apply to:

Small, non-intensive farms where the number of farm animals is not sufficient to generate five or more nutrient units of manure annually and the concentration is less than one nutrient unit per acre of cropland
Activities that are governed by Nutrient Management Strategies or Nutrient Management Plans developed under the Nutrient Management Act.
Residential use of agricultural source material such as bagged manure applied to gardens

Monitoring Text:

MON-1-LB: Annual Report from the Risk Management Official
By February 1 of each year, the Risk Management Official shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority with the information required in Section 65 of Ontario Regulation 287/07 related to the previous calendar year. This will provide administrative, enforcement and compliance results for the Section 58 Risk Management Plan and Section 57 Prohibition policies.