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MECP – WDS – Hauled Sewage, Biosolids

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

Since May 2015, the ministry screens all (including new and existing) hauled sewage, processed organic waste, and biosolids disposal site Environmental Compliance Approval applications in accordance with Source Water Protection Plans. This includes consideration of whether the proposed activity would be a drinking water threat as outlined in the relevant Source Water Protection Plan under the Clean Water Act. The ministry will not issue an Environmental Compliance Approval for a site deemed as a significant drinking water threat. For sites deemed as a low or moderate drinking water threat, the ministry will consider the application, but additional site restrictions may apply. The ministry’s review and approval process is included in the Standard Operating Procedure that can be found in Environmental Registry No. 012-2968 (https://ero.ontario.ca/archive/012-2968).

MECP – WDS – Hauled Sewage, Biosolids

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Since May 2015, the ministry screens all (including new and existing) hauled sewage, processed organic waste, and biosolids disposal site Environmental Compliance Approval applications in accordance with Source Water Protection Plans. This includes consideration of whether the proposed activity would be a drinking water threat as outlined in the relevant Source Water Protection Plan under the Clean Water Act. The ministry will not issue an Environmental Compliance Approval for a site deemed as a significant drinking water threat. For sites deemed as a low or moderate drinking water threat, the ministry will consider the application, but additional site restrictions may apply. The ministry’s review and approval process is included in the Standard Operating Procedure that can be found in Environmental Registry No. 012-2968 (https://ero.ontario.ca/archive/012-2968).

MECP - WDS - Landfilling and Storage

Conform with

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 - WDS - Landfilling and Storage

Conform with

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:

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change shall not issue any Environmental Compliance Approvals for a future waste disposal site within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act where the threat from the establishment, operation or maintenance of such a site could be significant.

For Environmental Compliance Approvals that exist in the areas where the threat could be significant for waste disposal sites within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act, 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 the Approval 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 of Environmental Compliance Approvals that govern significant drinking water threat activities.

This policy applies for the named activities and threat subcategories in the following vulnerable areas:

Application of hauled sewage to land:
Callander IPZ-1, IPZ-2, and Issue Contributing Area (ICA only if
related to a circumstance containing phosphorus);

Mattawa WHPA-A and B;
North Bay IPZ-1;
Powassan WHPA-A and B1; and
South River IPZ-1.
Discharges from
the storage and treatment of tailings from mines:
Callander IPZ-1 and Issue Contributing Area (ICA only if related to
a circumstance containing phosphorus);
Mattawa WHPA-A and B;
Powassan WHPA-A and B1; and
South River IPZ-1.
Landfarming of petroleum refining waste AND landfilling (hazardous waste)
AND storage of hazardous waste or liquid industrial waste:

Callander IPZ-1;

Mattawa WHPA-A and B;

Powassan WHPA-A and B1; and

South River IPZ-1.
Landfilling
(municipal waste) AND landfilling (solid non-hazardous industrial or commercial):

Callander IPZ-1;

Mattawa WHPA-A, B and C;

Powassan WHPA-A, B1/B2/B4 and C1; and

South River IPZ-1.

Liquid industrial waste injection into a well:

Mattawa WHPA-A, B and C; and

Powassan WHPA-A, B1/B2/B4 and C1.

Monitoring Text:

M08-ECA: By February 1st of the year following the year in which the Ontario Ministry named as the implementing body is required to comply with the associated threat policy, that Ministry shall report to the SP Authority confirming implementation of the policy and how that has been accomplished.