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The following existing and future agricultural activities in Intake Protection Zones and Wellhead Protection Areas (other than WHPA A) where they could be significant drinking water threats require a risk management plan and are therefore designated for the purposes of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, 2006:
- The application of agricultural source material (ASM);
- The handling and storage of agricultural source material;
- The application of non agricultural source material (NASM) (including treated septage);
- The handling and storage of non agricultural source material (including treated septage);
- The application of commercial fertilizer to land;
- The storage of commercial fertilizer;
- The application of pesticides to land;
- The handling and storage of pesticides;
- The use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard.

The risk management official must establish a risk management plan for agricultural operations in the applicable areas. The risk management plan shall include, as a minimum:
1) Existing risk management measures that may already be in place. Such measures include an environmental farm plan, nutrient management plan, strategy, or other existing risk reduction measures in place to manage the activity;
2) Consideration of existing Nutrient Management Act, 2002 standards and recognized environmental agricultural practices;
3) The risk management measures most suitable to reduce the risk posed by the activity;
4) The timing of plan implementation;
5) Consideration of environmental features and the location of the following:
i) Vulnerable areas,
ii) Watercourses,
iii) Surface and subsurface drains including tile drainage and catch basins,
iv) Water wells (both used and unused),
v) Livestock confinement areas,
vi) Storage (permanent and temporary) for both agricultural and non agricultural source material,
vii) Maintenance facilities including pesticide, fertilizer, chemical and fuel storages,
vii) Areas for the application of pesticides, commercial fertilizers, agricultural source material and non agricultural source material;
6) Setbacks from surface water for application of ASM within IPZs and WHPA E. These setbacks are to be established in reference to requirements of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, Best Management Practices and site conditions (e.g. land slope, soil permeability and crop type, application method and vegetated buffers);
7) Protocols and emergency response plans to be followed in the event of a spill of fuel, ASM, NASM, chemicals or pesticides, and any other measures necessary to reduce the risk of a release to the environment;
8) Monitoring and reporting requirements;
9) A procedure to address any change of activities or operations on the property that would warrant an update or change in the risk management plan;
10) An appropriate inspection cycle to monitor compliance with and effectiveness of the risk management plan; and
11) A provision in reference to Section 60 of Ontario Regulation 287/07 indicating that the risk management plan may not be transferred to another person without the written consent of the risk management official.

In the Issues Contributing Area for Tweed, the risk management plan shall include measures to ensure the application rates, timing and location are appropriate to ensure crop uptake of, and 
to reduce the potential for Nitrate runoff or infiltration. Records retention (i.e. soil sampling prior to applying nitrates) and reporting shall be required to confirm.

Applicable Areas: 
a) Application of ASM, Storage of ASM, Application of NASM, Handling and Storage of NASM, livestock grazing, pasturing, outdoor confinement:
- WHPA B and E  (vulnerability score of 8 or greater)  - Deloro (WHPA B), Madoc (WHPA B and E), Peats Point (WHPA B and E), Point Anne (WHPA B) and Tweed (WHPA B);
- IPZ 1 and 2 (vulnerability score of 8 or greater) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 1 and 2), Bayside (IPZ 1), Belleville (IPZ 1 and 2), Deseronto (IPZ 1 and 2), Napanee (IPZ 1 and 2), Picton (IPZ 1 and 2), and Point Anne (IPZ 1 and 2); and 
- Issues Contributing Areas - Madoc and Tweed.

b) Application of Pesticide to Land:
- WHPA B and E (vulnerability score of 8.1 or greater) - Deloro (WHPA B), Madoc (WHPA B and E), Peats Point (WHPA B and E), Point Anne (WHPA B) and Tweed (WHPA B); 
IPZ 1 and 2 (vulnerability score of 8.1 or greater) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 1), Belleville (IPZ 1 and 2), Deseronto (IPZ 1 and 2) and Napanee (IPZ 1 and 2), Picton (IPZ 1 and 2) and Point Annie (IPZ 1).

c) Handling and Storage of Pesticide:
- WHPA B (vulnerability score of 9 or greater) - Deloro (WHPA B), Madoc (WHPA B), Peats Point (WHPA B), Point Anne (WHPA B and IPZ 1) and Tweed (WHPA B); and
- IPZ 1 and 2 (vulnerability score of 9 or greater) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 1), Belleville (IPZ 1), Deseronto (IPZ 1), Napanee (IPZ 1) and Picton (IPZ 1 and 2).

d) Application of Commercial Fertilizer to Land:
- WHPA B (vulnerability score of 9 or greater) - Deloro (WHPA B), Madoc (WHPA B), Peats Point (WHPA B), Point Anne (WHPA B and IPZ 1) and Tweed (WHPA B); and
- IPZ 1 and 2 (vulnerability score of 9 or greater) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 1), Belleville (IPZ 1), Deseronto (IPZ 1) and Napanee (IPZ 1), Picton (IPZ 1 and 2) and Point Anne (IPZ 1); and
- Issues Contributing Area – Tweed.

e) Handling and Storage of Commercial Fertilizer:
- WHPA B (vulnerability score of 10) - Deloro (WHPA B), Madoc (WHPA B), Peats Point (WHPA B), Point Anne (WHPA B), and Tweed (WHPA B), 
- IPZ 1 (vulnerability score of 10) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 1), Picton (IPZ 1) and Point Anne (IPZ 1); and
Issues Contributing Area – Tweed.

Effective Date: When the Plan, or any plan amendment, as applicable, takes effect for future activities, within three years for existing activities and within five years for existing activities in the Issues Contributing Area. 

Monitoring Text:

The risk management official shall submit a report by February 1st of each year to the Quinte Source Protection Authority summarizing the mandatory requirements for the previous calendar year, as specified in Section 65 of Ontario Regulation 287/07 under the Clean Water Act, 2006.