Policy Edit

Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Policy Text:

To reduce the risk to municipal drinking water sources from the application of non-agricultural source material (NASM), this activity shall be prohibited where it is or would be a significant drinking water threat.

This activity shall be designated for the purposes of Section 57 of the Clean Water Act so that the activity ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat.

Any Prescribed Instruments related to the Application of NASM that is created, or amended shall be consistent with this policy.

Monitoring Text:

(5.03) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 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. 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.