Policy Text:
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change shall not issue an Environmental Compliance Approval for future activities where the threat from the establishment, operation or maintenance of a sewage works issued under the Environmental Protection Act would be significant.
For Environmental Compliance Approvals that exist in areas where the threats are significant for sewage works, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change shall review their terms within three years of the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect and amend as necessary to ensure that the terms of each approval adequately addresses the threats to source water.
The Director as defined in the Environmental Protection Act or its Regulations may determine another implementation date based on a prioritized review Environmental Compliance Approvals that govern
significant drinking water threat activities.
This policy shall apply for the named activities and threat subcategories in the following vulnerable areas:
Combined sewer discharge from a stormwater outlet to surface water AND sewage treatment plant bypass discharge to surface water:
Callander IPZ-1 and 2;
North Bay IPZ-1; and
South River IPZ-1.
Industrial effluent
discharges:
Callander IPZ-1, 2 and Issue Contributing
Area (ICA only if related to a circumstance containing phosphorus);
North Bay IPZ-1; and
South River IPZ-1.
Sewage treatment
plant effluent discharges (includes lagoons):
Callander IPZ-1 and 2;
Mattawa WHPA-A and B;
North Bay IPZ-1;
Powassan WHPA-A and B1; and
South River IPZ-1.
Storage of sewage
(e.g. treatment plant tanks):
Callander IPZ-1;
Mattawa WHPA-A, B and C;
Powassan WHPA-A, B1/B2/B4 and
C1; and
South River IPZ-1.