Policy Edit

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Policy Text:

To ensure that any Existing or Future handling and storage of fuel:

a.   equal to or less than 2,500 Litres in WHPA-A or WHPA-B with a vulnerability score equal to ten (10); or

b.   more than 2,500 Litres in an IPZ-2 with a vulnerability score equal to nine (9)

      ceases to be, or never becomes, a significant drinking water threat, where this activity is, or would be, a significant drinking water threat, the County shall develop and implement an education and outreach program outlining requirements for the proper maintenance of fuel storage tanks and the steps to be taken if there is a spill or leak detected.

Monitoring Text:

BC-CW-1.9: The County shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by February 1st of each year, summarizing the actions taken to implement the Source Protection Plan Policies.

Where the County is required to implement education and outreach programs as the primary means of managing the risk associated with significant drinking water threats, the report must indicate, at minimum, the properties where these programs were implemented and additional details on how the significant drinking water threat was managed and/or ceased to be significant.