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SEW-5-LB-PI-MC

Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

The ministry continues to identify and review existing Environmental Compliance Approvals as a result of source protection plan amendments on an annual basis. For those existing instruments that are screened by the Ministry and subject to existing threat prescribed instrument policies, the existing instruments will be reviewed to determine if the Standard Operating Policy can be applied or if amendments are needed to protect municipal drinking water sources.

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Where a source protection plan policy outcome is to manage a significant threat to drinking water sources through the prescribed instrument for sewage works, the ministry is meeting the policy’s obligations by including design and operational measures in an Environmental Compliance Approval. To assist in the implementation of this approach, anyone subject to policy requiring management of a significant drinking water threat is required to include in their application a description of the measures necessary to protect drinking water and submit a ‘Source Protection Supplementary Report’ to outline how the activity for the

Policy Text:

Where an on-site sewage system regulated under the Ontario Water Resources Act (existing and/or future) is or would be a significant drinking water threat as described in Appendix B, the MOE shall ensure that the

Prescribed Instrument that governs the system (Certificate of Approval or Environmental Compliance Approval) includes appropriate terms and conditions so that:

a) The system (existing) ceases to be a significant drinking water threat; or

b) The system (future) never becomes a significant drinking water threat.

The MOE shall comply with part (a) of this policy within three years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.

Policy SEW-4-LB also applies to on-site sewage systems regulated under the Ontario Water Resources Act

Monitoring Text:

MON-7-LB Annual Report from the MOE — Legally Binding Policies
By February 1 of each year, the MOE shall provide the Source Protection Authority with a summary of implementation activities for the previous calendar year related to significant/moderate/low threat policies where the MOE is the implementer.