Risk Management Services

In the Cataraqui Source Protection Area, seven municipalities are responsible for implementing Part IV policies. To complete these requirements, four municipal and contracted staff have been appointed as Risk Management Officials (RMOs) and Risk Management Inspectors (RMIs) across the Cataraqui area. Municipal staff were appointed to retain the responsibility in the Township of Front of Yonge, Town of Gananoque, and Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. The City of Brockville, Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley, City of Kingston, and Township of South Frontenac have entered into independent contracts with a local firm to assist with providing risk management services.

Before acting as RMOs and RMIs, staff must be certified and appointed. Certification involves completion of a mandatory training course approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.

The RMOs and RMIs work to ensure that requirements under the Clean Water Act and the Cataraqui Source Protection Plan are met. They provide necessary notifications, negotiate risk management plans (RMPs) for certain activities of concern, develop and distribute information packages for property owners and ensure information about activities in the vulnerable areas is accurate.

In order to assist regional Risk Management Officials the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority passed a Regulation to support screening of development applications by local municipal planning and building staff: Cataraqui Source Protection Authority – Authorizing Direction on Restricted Land Use Applicability.

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Learn More about Risk Management

Risk management is required under Part IV of the Clean Water Act, 2006. To learn more about Part IV policies in the Cataraqui Source Protection Plan, check out our Part IV Primer or FAQs: Part IV.

Risk management plans are about protecting sources of drinking water from pollution. These fact sheets explain what might be required in a risk management plan
for certain activities:

• Using Home Heating Oil in a Wellhead Protection Area: What Homeowners Need to Know
• Storing Small Quantities of Waste in a Wellhead Protection Area: What You Need to Know

Are you affected by a Part IV policy in the Cataraqui Source Protection Plan?

For activities that are already occurring on your property, check out our Interactive Maps – Source Protection Plan. For activities that are already occurring on your property, check out our Interactive Maps – Source Protection Plan to find out how you might be affected by Part IV of the Clean Water Act. If you do need to negotiate a risk management plan for an activity on your property, the Risk Management Official for your area will contact you.

Are you thinking about beginning a new activity on your property? Check out our Interactive Maps – Restricted Land Uses to find out how your proposal might be affected by Part IV of the Clean Water Act.