To reduce the risk to municipal drinking water sources from the storage of agricultural source material (ASM) where ASM is or would be stored in a nutrient storage facility as defined under the Nutrient Management Act (NMA), this activity shall be managed where it is or would be a significant drinking water threat.

This activity shall be designated for the purposes of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act and a Risk Management Plan shall be required. NMA principles (including NMA prohibitions) shall form the basis of the Risk Management Plan provided the Risk Management Official is satisfied these principles adequately manage the activity so that it ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat.

The Risk Management Plan shall not allow at or above grade temporary field nutrient storage sites as defined under the NMA.

Any Prescribed Instrument related to the Storage of ASM that is created, amended, or used as part of a notice for the purpose of a Section 61 exemption, shall manage the activity so that it ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat. OMAFRA is expected to review all Prescribed Instruments issued under the Nutrient Management Act in areas where the activities they regulate are, or would be, significant drinking water threats to ensure the Prescribed Instruments contain such terms and conditions. This review is expected to include Prescribed Instruments that are not directly created or issued by OMAFRA, such as Nutrient Management Plans.

Further, OMAFRA and other Prescribed Instrument creators/issuers are expected to consult with the Risk Management Official with respect to any modifications or requirements that may need to be incorporated into the Prescribed Instruments under the Nutrient Management Act to ensure the activities they regulate cease to be or never become significant drinking water threats. However, nothing in this policy grants the Risk Management Official authority to specify requirements for a prescribed instrument issued under the Nutrient Management Act, or where a person is seeking an exemption from a risk management plan under section 61 of O.Reg 287/07.

(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.