Applicable Activities: Any of the following activities is an existing significant drinking water threat (see Table 4.6):

a) The handling and storage of commercial fertilizer;
b) The use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land;
c) The handling and storage of pesticide; and
d) The application of pesticide to land, where the activity does not require a Pesticide Permit under the Pesticides Act.
e) Any of the following activities where the activity does not require a Nutrient Management Plan or Strategy under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002:
i) The application of commercial fertilizer to land;
ii) The application of agricultural source material to land;
iii) The storage of agricultural source material; and
iv) The use of land as an outdoor confinement area, or a farm animal yard.

A-1(1): The activity is designated for the purpose of section 58 of the Clean Water Act, 2006. The risk management plan will be prepared in accordance with the general provisions given in policy G-8.

A-1(2): The risk management plan required by (1) will be developed in consideration of the requirements of any applicable Prescribed Instrument, as appropriate.

A-1(3): The risk management plan required by (1) for the handling and storage of pesticide will ensure that any pesticide storage within the mandate of the Agrichemical Warehousing Standards Association obtains certification from that organization, and that documentation of the certification is provided to the Risk Management Official.

G-8(4): The Risk Management Official will undertake the reporting requirements specified in section 65 of the General Regulation under the Clean Water Act, 2006 by February 1 each year for the preceding calendar year.