Policy Text:
Within a wellhead protection area where the vulnerability score is 10, any existing or future commercial fertilizer or pesticide application where it is or would be a significant drinking water threat, is designated for the purpose of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, and requires a Risk Management Plan. This includes, for example, but is not limited to the following:
a) the application of commercial fertilizers where either
i. the livestock density (according to livestock density mapping) is greater than 1.0 nutrient unit/acre or
ii. the percentage of managed land is greater than 80%.
b) the application of pesticides to an area of land greater than 1 hectare.
The Risk Management Official shall negotiate or establish a Risk Management Plan with the person engaged in the designated threat activity within five years of the Plan coming into effect. The RMP is to contain, at a minimum, structural or management alterations (if any) which when implemented will ensure that existing operations continue to function in a manner which minimizes the risk to sources of municipal drinking water.