The policy applies in:

all vulnerable areas where the storage of agricultural source material in a permanent nutrient storage facility is a significant drinking water threat, except for the expansion of an existing permanent nutrient storage facility within WHPA-A (existing activity or future activity); and

all vulnerable areas where the storage of agricultural source material in a permanent nutrient storage facility would be a significant drinking water threat, except for the establishment of a new permanent nutrient storage facility within WHPA-A(future activity).
Establishment of a Risk Management Plan is required. Agricultural source material may only be stored in a permanent nutrient storage facility in accordance with an approved Risk Management Plan. Therefore, the storage of agricultural source material in a permanent nutrient storage facility is designated for the purposes of s.58 of the Clean Water Act.

The Risk Management Plan shall satisfy the following provisions:

The Risk Management Plan shall follow 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 state:
the capacity of nutrient storage facilities on the property at the time of the effective date of the Source Protection Plan; and
the number of nutrient units that would normally be housed on the property at the time of the effective date of the Source Protection Plan

The Risk Management Plan shall not allow for the expansion of an existing permanent nutrient storage facility, or the establishment of a new permanent nutrient storage facility, for agricultural source material unless:
the expansion or new facility would provide the capacity necessary for a minimum of 240 days of storage for the number of nutrient units housed on the property; and
sufficient land base to accommodate the application of the stored agricultural source material is documented elsewhere in the Risk Management Plan; and
the expansion or new facility would be constructed to the following design standards, as a minimum:
for a liquid storage system, a synthetic liner, as defined by O. Reg. 267/03 s. 1; or
for a dry storage system, reinforced concrete floor and reinforced concrete walls; and
installation, material, engineering, setbacks and other such standards as specified under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, and its regulations
It is strongly encouraged that consideration be given to having a capacity for 365 days of storage for the number of nutrient units housed on the property.

For clarity, the improvement of an existing permanent nutrient storage facility is allowed where it is determined that such improvements would provide additional measures to protect sources of drinking water.

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.