The storage, treatment or discharge of tailings from mining operations shall be prohibited so that it ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat. This policy shall apply in areas where this activity is, or would be, a significant drinking water threat.

Where this activity is subject to Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECA), the Province (Ministry of Environment) shall be consistent with this policy by prohibiting this activity through existing and future ECAs.

Further, this activity shall be designated for the purposes of Section 57 of the Clean Water Act (prohibition).

(5.04) Ministry of Environment, and all other implementers, shall establish monitoring programs as per Section 45 of the Clean Water Act. The information collected through these monitoring programs shall be included in a monitoring report that shall be submitted annually to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. The information submitted to the Conservation Authority shall be consistent with the guidance developed pursuant to policy 5.02 where that guidance identifies items required to meet provincial reporting requirements of the implementer or SPA. Aspects of the guidance which are beyond that which is necessary to satisfy provincial reporting requirements shall be considered in submitting the monitoring reports. Monitoring reports are to be submitted by February 1 of each year following the first anniversary of the effective date of the Source Protection Plan. Monitoring reports shall include information since the submission of the previous monitoring report to December 31 of the year previous to the deadline for report submission. For the first report, the information shall include information from the effective date of the Source Protection Plan.

5.10: The Risk Management Official shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by February 1 of each year, summarizing the actions taken by the Risk Management Official and the Risk Management Inspector(s). The information that shall be contained in this report is outlined within Sec. 65 (1) of O. Reg. 287/07.