Policy Edit

Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Policy Text:

Where the handling and storage of fuel (existing and future) could be a significant threat the approving director under Part V of the Safe Drinking Water Act shall require the drinking water system owner to manage the fuel threat so that it ceases to be or does not become a significant threat. This may include, but is not limited to, the following alterations of the works and operating procedures:

Secondary containment;
Spill/leak detection and spill response procedures as per Condition 16 of the license;
Collision protection; and
Protection of oil lines from physical damage.

The director shall require the owner to amend their Drinking Water Works Permit / Municipal Drinking Water License to include the required alterations/operations procedures and apply to the Ministry within 90 ninety days of receiving the Director's notification. The MOE review of the license shall ensure that the spills response procedures prepared by the owner as per item b above include the required reporting to the MOE Spills Action Centre.

Monitoring policy M1 applies.

Monitoring Text:

M1: By February 1 of each year, the Ministry of the Environment shall prepare a summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcome of these policies and make that report available to the Source Protection Authority.