Policy Edit

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Policy Text:


Where the future storage of snow could be a significant drinking water threat and requires a prescribed instrument to manage, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks shall:
(a) Ensure no prescribed instrument is issued for Snow Disposal Facilities in wellhead protection areas A and Bs and intake protection zone 1s, as future occurrences are prohibited; and
(b) Ensure a prescribed instrument issued for any other vulnerable area not included in (a) include the appropriate terms and conditions so that it ceases to be a significant drinking water threat, including identifying within 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. 

Applicable Areas:
Future Occurrences where prohibited:
- WHPA A and B (vulnerability score of 10) - Deloro, Madoc, Peats Point, Point Anne, Tweed;
- IPZ 1s (vulnerability score of 8 or higher) - Ameliasburgh, Belleville, Deseronto, Napanee, Picton, and Point Anne; and
- WHPA-ICA - Tweed.

Future Occurrences where managed by Prescribed Instrument:
- IPZs 2 and 3a (vulnerability score of 8 or higher) - Ameliasburgh (IPZ 2), Belleville (IPZ 2), Deseronto (IPZ 2), Napanee (IPZ 2), Picton (IPZ 2 and 3a), and Point Anne (IPZ 2).

Effective Date:
Within 1 year of the Plan, or any plan amendment, as applicable, taking effect

Monitoring Text:

The Ministry shall prepare an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of this Source Protection Plan policy. This summary shall include a list of existing Prescribed Instruments with their approval numbers that are managing significant drinking water threats within the Quinte Source Protection Area that were reviewed in the preceding calendar year, if any, to ensure they cease to be significant drinking water threats. The Ministry shall make that report available to the Quinte Source Protection Authority February 1st each year.