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*One CLI-ECA for their municipal stormwater management system (MECP, 2025)<ref name = S2S2025>MECP. 2025. Bringing the CLI-ECA Framework into Action: Guiding Principles to Inform Stormwater Management Practices. Source to Stream Conference Presentation. https://sourcetostream.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Day-2-Hall-A-Presentation-2-DSmith-AAhmed.pdf</ref>
*One CLI-ECA for their municipal stormwater management system (MECP, 2025)<ref name = S2S2025>MECP. 2025. Bringing the CLI-ECA Framework into Action: Guiding Principles to Inform Stormwater Management Practices. Source to Stream Conference Presentation. https://sourcetostream.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Day-2-Hall-A-Presentation-2-DSmith-AAhmed.pdf</ref>
==Step-by-Step Compliance Process==
==Step-by-step compliance process==
[[File:Screenshot 2025-09-10 151234.png|400px|thumb|right|CLI-ECA flow chart (MECP, 2024)<ref>MECP. 2024. https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-consolidated-linear-infrastructure-environmental-compliance-approvals</ref>]]
[[File:Screenshot 2025-09-10 151234.png|400px|thumb|right|CLI-ECA flow chart (MECP, 2024)<ref>MECP. 2024. https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-consolidated-linear-infrastructure-environmental-compliance-approvals</ref>]]
===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. Common eligible projects include:
Identify whether the proposed stormwater or LID project qualifies as a pre-authorized alteration under CLI-ECA. Common eligible projects include:
* Storm sewer upgrades or extensions
* Storm sewer upgrades or extensions
* 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 [https://www.ontario.ca/document/stormwater-management-planning-and-design-manual-0 Ontario Stormwater Management Planning and Design Guidance Manual (2003)].
* Incorporate stormwater treatment objectives from the [https://www.ontario.ca/document/stormwater-management-planning-and-design-manual-0 Ontario 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===
===Step 3: Complete required documentation===
Use the appropriate compliance forms based on project type:
Use the appropriate compliance forms based on project type:
* [[Inspections and maintenance|Maintenance plans]]
* [[Inspections and maintenance|Maintenance plans]]
===Step 4: Obtain Engineering and Owner Verification===
===Step 4: Obtain engineering and owner verification===
A Licensed Engineering Practitioner must verify that:
A Licensed Engineering Practitioner must verify that:
* The design aligns with CLI-ECA criteria.
* The design aligns with CLI-ECA criteria.
* It aligns with jurisdictional stormwater management objectives.
* It aligns with jurisdictional stormwater management objectives.
===Step 5: Submit a Director Notification (If Required)===
===Step 5: Submit a director notification (if required)===
Some alterations require notification to the MECP Director within specific timeframes:
Some alterations require notification to the MECP Director within specific timeframes:
* 30 days after placing new works into service.
* 30 days after placing new works into service.
* Compliance assessment
* Compliance assessment
===Step 6: Conduct Post-Construction Inspection and Verification===
===Step 6: Conduct post-construction inspection and verification===
* Inspect LID and stormwater systems to ensure they function as designed.
* Inspect LID and stormwater systems to ensure they function as designed.
* Complete "Post-Construction Verification" on relevant forms.
* Complete "Post-Construction Verification" on relevant forms.
* Document key performance indicators such as infiltration rates, flow control effectiveness, and pollutant removal efficiency.
* Document key performance indicators such as infiltration rates, flow control effectiveness, and pollutant removal efficiency.
===Step 7: Maintain Ongoing Compliance and Record-Keeping===
===Step 7: Maintain ongoing compliance and record-keeping===
Establish a Stormwater System Maintenance Plan that includes:
Establish a Stormwater System Maintenance Plan that includes:
* Routine inspections (e.g., [[sediment]] removal, [[vegetation]] management)
* Routine inspections (e.g., [[sediment]] removal, [[vegetation]] management)
== Resources==
== Resources==
===CLI-ECA Application===
===CLI-ECA application===
Municipalities in Ontario are required to submit a CLI-ECA application to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP). Below is MECP's Guide to Applying for the First Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (2021)<ref>MECP. 2021. Guide to Applying for the First Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval. https://wcwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CLI-ECA-Application-Guide.pdf</ref> and an example Environmental Compliance approval for the City of Peterborough's stormwater system (2023)<ref>Environmental Compliance Approval For a Municipal Stormwater Management System. https://www.peterborough.ca/media/ucbdw0wf/eca-number-145-s701-storm-issue-2.pdf</ref>. You can download (downward facing arrow on the top righthand side) and print (Printer emoticon on top right hand side) each PDF.
Municipalities in Ontario are required to submit a CLI-ECA application to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP). Below is MECP's Guide to Applying for the First Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (2021)<ref>MECP. 2021. Guide to Applying for the First Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval. https://wcwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CLI-ECA-Application-Guide.pdf</ref> and an example Environmental Compliance approval for the City of Peterborough's stormwater system (2023)<ref>Environmental Compliance Approval For a Municipal Stormwater Management System. https://www.peterborough.ca/media/ucbdw0wf/eca-number-145-s701-storm-issue-2.pdf</ref>. You can download (downward facing arrow on the top righthand side) and print (Printer emoticon on top right hand side) each PDF.