Policy Edit

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SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

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Comment

Policy Text:

Each municipality should update Emergency Response Plans, spill contingency plans and spill prevention plans for the purpose of protecting drinking water sources within a Wellhead Protection Area or Intake Protection Zone along highways, railway lines, and shipping lanes.

Applicable Areas: 
- All vulnerable areas where the release of contaminants in an IPZ or WHPA could result in contamination of the drinking water supply.

Effective Date: Within one year of the Plan, or any plan amendment, as applicable, taking effect. 

Monitoring Text:

Monitoring Policy (See Appendix C, List J):

The municipality should provide copies, when updated, of the Emergency Response Plan, spill contingency plans and spill prevention plans by February 1st to the Quinte Source Protection Authority and report annually on any emergencies during the previous calendar year that occurred in the IPZs or WHPAs including the measures taken during and after the emergency to protect the drinking water supply.