Policy Text:
No existing (none known to exist) and future systems that collect, transmit or treat industrial sewage and discharge industrial effluent to surface water in the Windsor IPZ-1, Windsor IPZ-2 and Lakeshore (Belle River) IPZ-1 shall be permitted, with one exception. That exception is non-contact cooling water, which should be allowed to be discharged.
No future systems that collect, transmit or treat industrial sewage and discharge industrial effluent to surface water in the Amherstburg IPZ-1 shall be permitted, with one exception. That exception is non-contact cooling water, which should be allowed to be discharged.
This policy applies to Environmental Compliance Approvals (Certificates of Approval) administered by the Ministry of Environment for these activities.
In the Amherstburg IPZ-1, the Ministry of Environment shall ensure that the existing and amended or updated Environmental Compliance Approvals (Certificates of Approval) include terms and conditions that manage the significant threat activity in order to protect sources of drinking water. For the purpose of this policy, in the Amherstburg IPZ-1, existing threat activities shall include activities related to a complete application made under the Planning Act or Condominium Act or the Building Code or for an Environmental Compliance Approval, if the application is made before the Source Protection Plan takes effect.
The date of compliance for prohibiting existing and future threats is when the Source Protection Plan takes effect.
For managing existing threats, the Ministry of the Environment shall comply with the policy within 5 years from the date the plan takes effect, or such other date as the Director determines based on a prioritized review of Environmental Compliance Approvals that govern significant drinking water threat activities.