Explanatory document
 40. (1) Before publishing a draft of a proposed source protection plan under section 41, the source protection committee shall prepare an explanatory document.  O. Reg. 246/10, s. 12. (2) The explanatory document shall contain the following: 1.  An explanation of the source protection committee’s reasons for each policy set out in the source protection plan. 2.  An explanation of the source protection committee’s reasons for designating an activity under paragraph 1 of subsection 22 (3) of the Act, including the reasons relied on by the committee to form the opinion that the activity must be prohibited in order to ensure that it ceases to be a significant drinking water threat. 3.  A summary of the comments received under sections 35 to 39 and an explanation of how the comments affected the development of the policies set out in the source protection plan. 4.  An explanation of how the summary referred to in paragraph 7 of subsection 13 (1) affected the development of the policies set out in the source protection plan. 5.  A summary of how the consideration of the potential financial implications for persons and bodies who would be implementing or affected by the source protection plan influenced the development of the policies set out in the plan. 6.  If a policy described in subsection 22 (7) of the Act or paragraph 1 of section 26 of this Regulation is the only policy set out in a source protection plan to deal with an activity that has been identified as a significant drinking water threat, a statement that the source protection committee is of the opinion that, i.  the policy, if implemented, will promote the achievement of the objectives of the plan in accordance with paragraph 2 of subsection 22 (2) of the Act, and ii.  a policy to regulate or prohibit the activity is not necessary to achieve those objectives. 7.  If, pursuant to subsection 31 (2), a significant threat policy in respect of an activity that would be a significant drinking water threat for an area identified in an assessment report is not included in the source protection plan to which the assessment report relates because there is no reasonable prospect that the activity will ever be engaged in in that area, i.  an explanation of the source protection committee’s reasons for concluding that there is no reasonable prospect the activity will ever be engaged in in that area, and ii.  a description of the process used by the source protection committee to reach the conclusion referred to in subparagraph i, including a summary of the information, such as land use planning documents, that was relied on to reach the conclusion. O. Reg. 246/10, s. 12; O. Reg. 206/18, s. 3. (3) The source protection committee shall publish the explanatory document on the Internet and make it available for inspection by the public at one or more locations that, in the opinion of the committee, are sufficiently accessible to give the public in the source protection area a reasonable opportunity to inspect the document.  O. Reg. 246/10, s. 12. (4) If the Director approves a form to be used for explanatory documents, an explanatory document shall be in that form.  O. Reg. 246/10, s. 12. (5) If the Director provides the source protection committee with computer software or directs the committee to use a specified computer software for the purpose of preparing an explanatory document, the document shall be prepared using the software.  O. Reg. 246/10, s. 12.