The policy applies in:
all Wellhead Protection Areas where the handling and storage of fuel is a significant drinking water threat (existing activity); and
all Intake Protection Zones with a vulnerability score of 10 where the handling and storage of fuel is a significant drinking water threat (existing activity).

Furthermore, the policy applies under the following circumstances:
the quantity of fuel is more than 2,500 L; or
the quantity of fuel is more than 250 L but not more than 2,500 L and where the facility is a bulk plant or a facility that manufacturers or refines fuel

Establishment of a Risk Management Plan is required. The handling and storage of fuel may only occur in accordance with an approved Risk Management Plan. Therefore, the handling and storage of fuel is designated for the purposes of s.58 of the Clean Water Act.

As a minimum, the Risk Management Plan shall address:
1) product handling;
2) product storage;
3) record keeping and documentation, including any inspection reports;
4) disposal methods;
5) spills response plan; and
6) containment measures.

The expansion of an existing facility is permitted, if it can be proven to the Risk Management Official’s satisfaction that the expansion provides greater integrity to the system and reduces the risk to the drinking water supply.

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