Policy Text:
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) shall review instruments under the Aggregate Resources Act (including Aggregate Licenses, Wayside Permits, and Aggregate Permits and Site Plans) with respect to the handling and storage of liquid fuel at aggregate operation sites. The MNR shall ensure that the permits refer to the requirements of the Technical Standards and Safety Act (TSSA), liquid fuel handling code. This may include, but is not limited to, details concerning installation and operation of fuel storage tanks, how fuel is contained, the location of fuel, and how fuel is stored.
This applies to the existing and future significant threat of the above grade handling and storage of liquid fuels, in quantities listed below where modeling reported in the Assessment Report has demonstrated that this activity is a significant threat. Therefore this policy applies to:
- The above grade handling and storage of liquid fuels (containing 2% benzene or more) in quantities of 15,000 L or greater in the Stoney Point IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3, Lakeshore IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3, Windsor IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3 (upstream of intakes), Amherstburg IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3 (upstream of the intake, from the intake to vicinity of Turkey Creek, including Turkey Creek watershed), Harrow-Colchester IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3, Union IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3 (Cedar/Wigle/Mill Creeks, Leamington Area Drainage), Pelee IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3, and Wheatley IPZ-1, IPZ-2 and IPZ-3 where the EBAs are applicable as shown in the assessment report.
The above grade handling and storage of liquid fuels (containing 2% benzene or more) in quantities of 34,000 L or greater in the Union IPZ-3 (Sturgeon Creek drainage), where the EBAs are applicable as shown in the assessment report.
The above grade handling and storage of liquid fuels (containing 2% benzene or more) in quantities of 15,000,000 L or greater in the Amherstburg IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 (downstream of the intake) where the EBAs are applicable as shown in the assessment report.
The above grade handling and storage of liquid fuels (containing 2% benzene or more) in quantities of 3,000,000 L or greater in the Amherstburg IPZ-3 (upstream of the intake, from vicinity of Turkey Creek to Upper Detroit River), Windsor IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 (downstream of the intakes) where the EBAs are applicable as shown in the assessment report.
The date of compliance for future threats is when the Source Protection Plan takes effect.
For existing threats, the Ministry of Natural Resources 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.