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==Step-by-Step Compliance Process==

==Step-by-Step Compliance Process==

===Step 1: Determine if Your Project Falls Under CLI-ECA===

===Step 1: Determine if Your Project Falls Under CLI-ECA===

* Identify whether the proposed stormwater or LID project qualifies as a '''pre-authorized alteration''' under CLI-ECA.

Identify whether the proposed stormwater or LID project qualifies as a '''pre-authorized alteration''' under CLI-ECA. Common eligible projects include:

Common eligible projects include:

* Storm sewer upgrades or extensions

* Storm sewer upgrades or extensions

* Alterations to stormwater management facilities (e.g., wet ponds, dry ponds, wetlands)

* Alterations to stormwater management facilities (e.g., wet ponds, dry ponds, wetlands)

* Implementation or modification of LID practices (e.g., bioretention, infiltration trenches, permeable pavements)

* Implementation or modification of LID practices (e.g., bioretention, infiltration trenches, permeable pavements)

 

===Step 2: Review Design Criteria and Standards===

### **Step 2: Review Design Criteria and Standards**

* Ensure project design follows **MECP’s Design Criteria for Sanitary Sewers, Storm Sewers, and Forcemains**.

- Ensure project design follows **MECP’s Design Criteria for Sanitary Sewers, Storm Sewers, and Forcemains**.

* Incorporate stormwater treatment objectives from the **Stormwater Management Planning and Design Guidance Manual (2003)**.

- Incorporate stormwater treatment objectives from the **Stormwater Management Planning and Design Guidance Manual (2003)**.

* Ensure LID features meet municipal and provincial standards for infiltration, flow control, and water quality treatment.

- Ensure LID features meet municipal and provincial standards for infiltration, flow control, and water quality treatment.

===Step 3: Complete Required Documentation===

 

Use the appropriate compliance forms based on project type:

### **Step 3: Complete Required Documentation**

- Use the appropriate compliance forms based on project type:

   - **Form SW1** – Storm Sewers, Ditches, and Culverts

   - **Form SW1** – Storm Sewers, Ditches, and Culverts

   - **Form SW2** – Stormwater Management Facilities

   - **Form SW2** – Stormwater Management Facilities