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| | [[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 wastewater or stormwater project qualifies as a pre-authorized alteration under CLI-ECA. Common eligible projects include: |
| | + | Stormwater: |
| | * 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]]) |
| | + | Wastewater: |
| | + | *Sewage works used for the collection, storage, pumping, and transmission of sanitary sewage, excluding treatment |
| | + | *All the eligible sewage works for collection of sanitary sewage that are owned by a municipality, or that may be transferred to a municipality pursuant to an agreement including pumping stations and pipes |
| | + | *Combined sewers and combined sewage storage structures that collect and convey both wastewater from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings and stormwater runoff through a single-pipe system |
| | + | *Pumping stations including those that pre-condition sewage for further treatment downstream, such as the addition of coagulants, flocculants, disinfectants, or pH adjustment |
| | + | *Sewage works used for the management of residue from the system or odour control |
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| | ===Step 2: Review design criteria and standards=== | | ===Step 2: Review design criteria and standards=== |