Policy Edit

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SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Policy Text:

Niagara Region, and the municipalities of Port Colborne, Welland, and Thorold shall update their Emergency Response Plans (ERPs) to include the following:

Maps that show the locations of the DeCew Water Treatment Plant and associated Highway 406 and Lake Gibson Alternate intakes and the areas where this policy applies.
An up-to-date communications protocol showing the structure of command of the various agencies that would be contacted.

The ERPs shall be updated within two years from the date the Source Protection Plan comes into effect.

Monitoring Text:

M3: By February 1st of each year, Niagara Region shall report to the Source Protection Authority on the steps it has taken in the previous calendar year to implement significant threat policies.

M4: By February 1st of each year, the City of Thorold shall report to the Source Protection Authority on the steps it has taken in the previous calendar year to implement the significant threat policies.

M6: By February 1st of each year, the City of Port Colborne shall report to the Source Protection Authority on the steps it has taken in the previous calendar year to implement the significant threat policies.

M10: By February 1st of each year, the City of Welland shall report to the Source Protection Authority on the steps it has taken in the previous calendar year to implement the significant threat policies.