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Risk:

SSM-Sewage-F-1.2

Sault Ste Marie

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Where a source protection plan policy outcome is to manage a significant threat to drinking water sources through the prescribed instrument for sewage works, the ministry is meeting the policy’s obligations by including design and operational measures in an Environmental Compliance Approval. To assist in the implementation of this approach, anyone subject to policy requiring management of a significant drinking water threat is required to include in their application a description of the measures necessary to protect drinking water and submit a ‘Source Protection Supplementary Report’ to outline how the activity for the sewage works will be managed so that the activity will not become a significant drinking water threat.

Sault Ste. Marie City of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

Implemented

Policy Text:

1) The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks shall ensure that all new applications under their regulations for establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects, stores, transmits, treats or disposes of sewage (excluding septic systems) be evaluated to ensure new applications or modifications to existing Environmental Compliance Approvals formerly Certificates of Approval do not result in the creation of a significant threat within all WHPA-A.
2) The municipality shall ensure that all future development within the WHPA-A prohibit the use of septic systems.

Monitoring Text:

SSM-PIgeneral-MP-1.0
The Ministry shall prepare an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection policy and make that report available to the SPC.

SSM-Planning-MP-1.1
City of Sault Ste. Marie shall report by February 1 of each year to the Source Protection Authority on the steps it has taken in the previous calendar year to implement the policies under the planning approach. To satisfy the provisions of s. 40 and 42 of the CWA, the SSM OP and zoning shall beupdated in accordance with the provisions of s. 26 of the Planning Act. Decisions under the Planning Act and Condominium Act must conform to the SDWT policies and have regard to policies that address moderate and low threats when the plan takes effect.