The policy applies in:

all vulnerable areas where the application of commercial fertilizer to land is a significant drinking water threat (existing activity); and
all vulnerable areas, except WHPA-A, where the application of commercial fertilizer to land would be a significant drinking water threat (future activity)

The application of commercial fertilizer to land may only occur in accordance with an approved Risk Management Plan. Therefore, the application of commercial fertilizer to land is designated for the purposes of s.58 of the Clean Water Act.
Establishment of a Risk Management Plan is required. The plan shall meet the guidelines with respect to the contents of a nutrient management plan 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 plan 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.