MIDDLESEX COUNTY SOURCE PROTECTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

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1 May 23, 2017 Page 1 of 18 A 1 - CW MIDDLESEX COUNTY SOURCE PROTECTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COUNTY COUNCIL PRESENTATION PRESENTATION BY: MHBC PLANNING APRIL 9, 2017

2 May 23, 2017 Page 2 of 18 A 1 - CW PROJECT PURPOSE 1. To prepare amendments to the Official Plans of the County and those local municipalities with municipal drinking water systems regulated by a Source Protection Plan to implement policies of the applicable Source Protection Plan(s) 2. To prepare amendments to the Zoning By-laws of those local area municipalities that have municipal drinking water systems regulated by a Source Protection Plan 3. To prepare a general water resources policy framework and Official Plan Amendments for local municipalities for the remaining local municipalities in Middlesex County 4. Joint project with Elgin County 2

3 May 23, 2017 Page 3 of 18 A 1 - CW MHBC Project Team: Pierre Chauvin, MA, MCIP, RPP Meghan Lippert, MAES PROJECT TEAM MHBC has assisted a number of municipalities in preparing Source Protection Plan Implementation amendments County/Local Area Municipal Staff: Durk Vanderwerff, Director of Planning Arnie Marsman, Risk Management Official Dave Murray, Risk Management Official Marc Bancroft, Senior Planner 3

4 May 23, 2017 Page 4 of 18 A 1 - CW Three Source Protection Plans Four Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs) One WHPA-C (Central Elgin) 4

5 May 23, 2017 Page 5 of 18 A 1 - CW TIMING OF OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING BY-LAW CONFORMITY SPP Municipality OP Conformity ZBL Conformity Thames, Sydenham & Region (effective 12/31/15) Kettle Creek (effective 01/01/15) Ausable-Bayfield (effective 04/01/15) Thames Centre Middlesex Centre Thames Centre Does not regulate any drinking water systems 3 years from effective date or next OP Review, whichever is first (12/31/18) 5 years from effective date or next OP Review (01/01/20) 5 years from effective date (04/01/20) 3 years from passing of implementing OPA/OP 5 years from effective date or next conformity exercise (01/01/20) 5 years from effective date (04/01/20) 5

6 May 23, 2017 Page 6 of 18 A 1 - CW WHY UNDERTAKE CONFORMITY NOW? This project is funded through the Province s Source Protection Municipal Implementation Fund (SPMIF). the goal is to maximize the amount of work that can be funded by the funding completion date. Timely updates to the Official Plan will reduce public confusion and landowner uncertainty Preparation for upcoming Official Plan Reviews 6

7 May 23, 2017 Page 7 of 18 A 1 - CW BACKGROUND - SPP OVERVIEW Key Objectives of Source Protection Planning Science-based Assessment Reports identified risks to municipal drinking water sources Source Protection Plans put policies in place to protect municipal sources of drinking water Objectives of Source Protection Plans (SPPs) Protect existing and future drinking water sources Ensure that where an activity is or would be a significant drinking water threat, Activity never becomes a significant drinking water threat, or Activity ceases to be a significant drinking water threat 7

8 May 23, 2017 Page 8 of 18 A 1 - CW CLEAN WATER ACT, 2006 Clean Water Act requires planning decisions to conform to significant threat policies of the Source Protection Plan Have regard to other policies set out in the Source Protection Plan Clean Water Act requires municipalities to amend Official Plans and Zoning By-laws to conform to the Source Protection Plan No Appeals to OPAs that identify vulnerable areas 8

9 May 23, 2017 Page 9 of 18 A 1 - CW WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE AFFECTED 1. The establishment, operation or maintenance of a waste disposal site within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act. 2. The establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects, stores, transmits, treats or disposes of sewage. 3. The application of agricultural source material to land. 4. The storage of agricultural source material. 5. The management of agricultural source material. 6. The application of non-agricultural source material to land. 7. The handling and storage of non-agricultural source material. 8. The application of commercial fertilizer to land. 9. The handling and storage of commercial fertilizer. 10. The application of pesticide to land. 11. The handling and storage of pesticide. 9

10 May 23, 2017 Page 10 of 18 A 1 - CW WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE AFFECTED 12. The application of road salt. 13. The handling and storage of road salt. 14. The storage of snow. 15. The handling and storage of fuel. 16. The handling and storage of a dense non-aqueous phase liquid. 17. The handling and storage of an organic solvent. 18. The management of runoff that contains chemicals used in the de-icing of aircraft. 19. An activity that takes water from an aquifer or a surface water body without returning the water taken to the same aquifer or surface water body. 20. An activity that reduces the recharge of an aquifer. 21. The use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard. 10

11 May 23, 2017 Page 11 of 18 A 1 - CW WHERE POLICIES APPLY 11

12 May 23, 2017 Page 12 of 18 A 1 - CW WHERE POLICIES APPLY 12

13 May 23, 2017 Page 13 of 18 A 1 - CW WHERE POLICIES APPLY 13

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16 May 23, 2017 Page 16 of 18 A 1 - CW WORK UNDERTAKEN TO DATE Review of applicable Source Protection Plans: Required policies for implementation Mapping and extent of vulnerable areas Analysis of existing Official Plan frameworks and Best Practices in other municipalities Presentation of implementation options to County project team Preparation of draft Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments Middlesex County, Thames Centre, Middlesex Centre Municipal Workshop to discuss draft amendments Preparation of Official Plan text/amendments (general water resource policies) Adelaide Metcalfe, Lucan Biddulph, Strathroy- Caradoc, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Newbury 16

17 May 23, 2017 Page 17 of 18 A 1 - CW ONGOING & NEXT STEPS Circulation of draft SPP implementation amendments to required departments and agencies for preliminary comment by County staff Draft Background Report document preparation of Amendments (April 2017) Final Background Report and Amendments (May 2017) Amendments to be implemented as part of on-going Official Plan Reviews or stand-alone Amendments 17

18 May 23, 2017 Page 18 of 18 A 1 - CW THANK YOU I QUESTIONS 18