Policy Text:
Where there could be a threat from the existing or future storage of hazardous or liquid industrial waste, hazardous waste as defined in (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), or (u) of regulation 374 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the Municipality shall plan and deliver an Education and Outreach program designed to ensure those involved in such activities are aware of the risks posed to source water, how to reduce those, and how to recognize and respond to a spill. The program shall be delivered within two years of the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect and shall be made available and updated as necessary on an ongoing basis as is deemed appropriate by the Municipality.
The program shall be delivered to all persons that could be engaged in the activity of storage of hazardous or liquid industrial waste, waste as defined in (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), or (u) of regulation 374 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and PCBs where the threats could be significant.
This policy applies for the named activities and threat subcategories in the following vulnerable areas:
Storage of PCBs:
Mattawa WHPA-A and B; and
Powassan WHPA-A and B1.
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.
Storage of wastes described in clauses (p), (q), (r), (s), (t) or (u) of the definition of hazardous waste (in Part V of the Environmental Protection Act):
Mattawa WHPA-A and B; and
Powassan WHPA-A and B1.
Additionally the program may be more broadly released to a whole Municipality or any part of the Source Protection Area, at the discretion of a municipal council.