Source Protection Plan
The goal of the Source Protection Plan is to manage or eliminate existing activities that are, or could become, significant threats.
Source Protection Committee members have been working with conservation authority staff, municipal staff and other experts in a Working Group to examine the various tools and policy approaches available to them. The group has drafted documents outlining the approaches they feel are appropriate to address each threat category along with a rationale for them, which was completed in the fall of 2011.
Pre-Consultation with Implementing Bodies: The agencies responsible for implementation of the Plan were sent the Draft Source Protection Plan and Draft Explanatory Document in early October 2011, to allow them time to review the documents and provide feedback to the Committee by the deadline of January 13, 2012.
The draft documents are posted here:
Policy Tool and Implementing Body Summary Table
Municipal Workshops have been scheduled to allow for municipalities to meet with Source Protection Staff and Committee members to review the documents on a one-on-one basis.
October 25, 2011: 1 to 3:30 pm, Haliburton Council Chambers
November 1, 2011: 9am to 4pm, Best Western Mariposa Inn, Orillia - download Agenda
November 3, 2011: 9am to 4pm, Simcoe County municipal office, Midhurst - download Agenda
November 15, 2011: Durham Region (time and location to be determined)
November 23, 2011: York Region (The Manor, Kettleby)
November 30, 2011: Peel Region (time and location to be determined)
December 6, 2011: Dufferin County (time and location to be determined)
December 7, 2011: 9am to 3pm, Markdale Community Centre, Markdale
For any questions about the pre-consultation, or to RSVP, please contact Susan Jagminas, Communications Specialist, 905 895 1281 ext 264 or by email at s.jagminas@lsrca.on.ca
Public consultation on the Source Protection Plan will begin later in the spring of 2012. There will be two separate rounds of public consultation.
The Source Protection Plan is due to be submitted to the Ministry of Environment in August 2012.
