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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[File:Screenshot 2025-09-11 103945.png|600px|thumb|right|Replacing individual Environmental Compliance Approvals with a single environmental permission for all the sewage works components of a municipal sewage collection system or a municipal stormwater management system (MECP & LSRCA, 2023)<ref name = S2S2023>MECP and LSRCA. 2023. Panel Presentation: Monitoring and the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (CLI-ECA) Framework: Understanding and Applying Ontario’s New Requirements for Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure. Source to Stream Conference. https://sourcetostream.com/2023-panel/</ref>.]]
[[File:Screenshot 2025-09-11 103945.png|600px|thumb|right|Replacing individual Environmental Compliance Approvals with a single environmental permission for all the sewage works components of a municipal sewage collection system or a municipal stormwater management system (MECP & LSRCA, 2023)<ref name = S2S2023>MECP and LSRCA. 2023. Panel Presentation: Monitoring and the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (CLI-ECA) Framework: Understanding and Applying Ontario’s New Requirements for Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure. Source to Stream Conference. https://sourcetostream.com/2023-panel/</ref>.]]
The [https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-consolidated-linear-infrastructure-environmental-compliance-approvals Municipal Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (CLI-ECA)] is a streamlined approval process for municipalities managing wastewater, stormwater, and Low Impact Development (LID) infrastructure. MECP requires all municipalities in Ontario to enroll into the CLI-ECA program by application. Each municipality will receive:
The [https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-consolidated-linear-infrastructure-environmental-compliance-approvals Municipal Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approval (CLI-ECA)] is a streamlined approval process for municipalities managing wastewater, stormwater, and Low Impact Development (LID) infrastructure. The CLI-ECA replaces the need for municipalities to apply for multiple, project-specific Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECAs) every time they want to make changes or additions to their water, wastewater, or stormwater collection systems. MECP requires all municipalities in Ontario to enroll into the CLI-ECA program by application. Each municipality will receive:
*One CLI-ECA for their municipal sewage collection system
*One CLI-ECA for their municipal sewage collection system
*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>