Policy Text:
Where existing and future onsite subsurface sewage disposal systems/works with a design capacity greater than 10,000 litres per day that have or require a Prescribed Instrument under the Ontario Water Resources Act and could be a significant threat, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks shall complete the following:
Existing Systems
If Policy 2-1-E & F cannot be met, then the Ministry shall:
1) When and where applicable, the Ministry shall screen existing prescribed instruments to determine if authorized activities are significant drinking water threats based on the most recent Technical Rules. Where the prescribed instrument was not subject to source protection plan prescribed instrument policy requirements previously, the Ministry shall review the prescribed instrument and, where necessary, amend the instrument to ensure that appropriate conditions are included so that the activity ceases to be a significant drinking water threat; and
2) Consider including requirements for onsite monitoring to ensure that the system is functioning as designed and for the proponent to have the system inspected regularly using a standard equal to or greater than the inspection protocols of the ‘On-Site Sewage Maintenance Inspection’, document dated March 2011 as amended from time to time, developed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Amending Prescribed Instruments:
Where a prescribed instrument is being amended for an activity that is a significant drinking water threat, the Ministry shall, where warranted and feasible, identify in the prescribed instrument, that the activity is a significant drinking water threat located within the wellhead protection area and/or the intake protection zone and the name of the associated municipal drinking water system as identified in the Quinte source protection plan and a requirement of specific emergency protocols whether through O. Reg 224/07 or a condition in the prescribed instrument.
Future Systems
If Policy 2-1-E & F cannot be met and where municipal studies have shown that an onsite subsurface sewage disposal system can be supported by the area (Policy 2-3-F), and where a prescribed instrument is being issued for a proposed activity that is a significant drinking water threat then the Ministry shall:
1) Ensure the prescribed instrument, contains adequate terms and conditions, to ensure that the system does not become a significant drinking water threat including identification in the prescribed instrument, that the activity is a significant drinking water threat located within the wellhead protection area and/or the intake protection zone and the name of the associated municipal drinking water system as identified in the Quinte source protection plan and a requirement of specific emergency protocols whether through O. Reg 224/07 or a condition in the prescribed instrument; and
2) Consider terms and conditions to include requirements for onsite monitoring to ensure that the system is functioning as designed and require the proponent to have the system inspected regularly using a standard equal to or greater than the inspection protocols of the ‘On-Site Sewage Maintenance Inspection’, document dated March 2011 as amended from time to time, developed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Applicable Areas:
- WHPA A and B (vulnerability score of 10) - Deloro, Madoc, Peats Point, Point Anne and Tweed and
- IPZ 1 (vulnerability score of 10) - Ameliasburgh, Picton and Point Anne.
- WHPA-Issues Contributing Area - Madoc and Tweed.
Effective Date: Within 1 year of the Plan, or any plan amendment, as applicable, taking effect for future activities and within 3 years for existing activities.