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Policy Id:
SPR/SPA:
Risk:
WL-4
Niagara Peninsula
Significant
Implementing Body
Legal Effect
Policy Tool
Threat Type
Status
Comment
St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
Strategic
Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives
Future & Existing
Implemented
SLSMC has internal protocol to address policy.
Policy Text:
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is requested to implement the following Risk Management Measures to address the potential impacts of a fuel spill on the raw water supply for the Welland Water Treatment Plant:
- Require that persons handling fuel follow a protocol that uses best management practices to prevent spills from occurring.
- Ensure that spill containment booms can be readily deployed in the event of a fuel spill.
The risk management measures should be updated within two years from the time the Source Protection Plan comes into effect.
Monitoring Text:
M9: By February 1st of each year, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority shall report to the Source Protection Authority with a description of the steps St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation and Transport Canada have taken to implement significant threat policies during the previous calendar year.
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