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Risk:

AQUA-1-LB-PI-HR

Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley

Moderate

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP – Permit to Take Water

Have Regard to

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

As per the Ministry's Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division’s Standard Operating Policy on Sewage Environmental Compliance Approvals (EBR Registry No. 012-2968), the current review and approvals processes for sewage environmental compliance approvals are adequate to manage activities which are moderate to low drinking water threats. Therefore, for aquaculture activities that are moderate or low drinking water threats, no additional terms and conditions beyond the existing approval requirements are needed in order to have regard to source protection prescribed instrument policies. Permits to Take Water rely on other instruments to manage discharges from aquaculture sites and include conditions directing the permit holder to obtain and comply with those approvals. Any Permit to Take Water issued for aquaculture complies with this policy.

MECP – Permit to Take Water

Have Regard to

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

As per the Ministry's Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division’s Standard Operating Policy on Sewage Environmental Compliance Approvals (EBR Registry No. 012-2968), the current review and approvals processes for sewage Environmental Compliance Approvals are adequate to manage activities which are moderate to low drinking water threats. Therefore, for aquaculture activities that are moderate or low drinking water threats, no additional terms and conditions beyond the existing approval requirements are needed in order to have regard to source protection prescribed instrument policies. Permits to Take Water rely on other instruments to manage discharges from aquaculture sites and include conditions directing the permit holder to obtain and comply with those approvals. Any Permit to Take Water issued for aquaculture complies with this policy.

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Have Regard to

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

Since May 2015, the Ministry has been screening environmental compliance approval (ECA) applications to determine if the activity is located in an area where the activity could be a significant drinking water threat. This is called the “primary screening”. Based on a set of criteria, an ECA application is flagged for a more detailed ‘secondary screening’ to determine if the activity associated with the application is a significant drinking water threat.

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Have Regard to

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Since May 2015, the Ministry has been screening environmental compliance approval (ECA) applications to determine if the activity is located in an area where the activity could be a significant drinking water threat. This is called the “primary screening”. Based on a set of criteria, an ECA application is flagged for a more detailed ‘secondary screening’ to determine if the activity associated with the application is a significant drinking water threat.

Policy Text:

Where the use of land or water for aquaculture (existing and/or future) is or would be a moderate drinking water threat as described in Appendix B and requires a Prescribed Instruments (Certificate of Approval or Environmental Compliance Approval or Permit to Take Water under the Ontario Water Resources Act), the MOE shall ensure:

a) Amendments to an existing instrument includes appropriate terms and conditions that address the threat and protect drinking water sources; or

b) The future instrument includes appropriate terms and conditions that address and threat and protect drinking water sources.

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.