The policy applies in all vulnerable areas where the use of land as an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard is or would be a significant drinking water threat (existing activity or future activity), except for:
the expansion of an existing outdoor confinement area or farm-animal yard within WHPA-A (future activity); or
the establishment of a new outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard within WHPA-A (future activity).

The use of land as an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard may only occur in accordance with an approved Risk Management Plan:
for existing facilities (existing activity); or
for the expansion of an existing facility (future activity); or
for the establishment of a new facility (future activity).
Establishment of a Risk Management Plan is required. Therefore, the use of land as an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard is designated for the purposes of s.58 of the Clean Water Act.
The plan shall meet the guidelines with respect to the contents of a nutrient management strategy established under Part III of O.Reg. 267/03 under the Nutrient Management Act.
It is recommended that NMAN software or similar be utilized to assist in calculations. The calculations shall be reviewed annually and the Risk Management Plan updated so that it accurately reflects the anticipated operation on the farm unit during the following year.

The Risk Management Plan shall be renewed every five years or at the discretion of the Risk Management Official.

For properties where the person engaging in the activity has, or intends to obtain, a nutrient management strategy approval as per the Nutrient Management Act, the person engaging in the activity may be deemed to be exempt from the requirement for a Risk Management Plan if the process described in O.Reg. 287/07, s. 61, is followed.
All locations for Risk Management Plans for existing activities shall be inventoried within three years and plans established with five years of the effective date of the Source Protection Plan.

Monitoring policies MP-24 and MP-25 apply.

MP-24: The Risk Management Official shall, by February 1 each year, provide to the local Source Protection Authority a summary report for the preceding calendar year that gives an inventory of the number of locations where Risk Management Plans will be negotiated. This inventory must be completed by February 1 of the year following the third anniversary of the effective date.

MP-25: The Risk Management Official shall, by February 1 each year, provide to the local Source Protection Authority a summary report for the preceding calendar year that gives information on the number of plans, a summary of the plans and a summary of any violations.