The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP) has introduced a new reporting method for Sewage Collection Systems. This method, known as the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure - Environmental Compliance Approval (CLI-ECA), replaces all existing Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECA) with a single overarching approval document for the Wastewater Collection System and another single overarching approval document for the Stormwater Collection System. This new reporting method is intended to reduce the burden on municipalities, developers and the ministry, while imposing a consistent set of conditions intended to improve environmental protection.
Under this new approach, municipalities are required to submit an annual performance report and additional documentation on the operation of collection systems for the proceeding year, and made available to the public at no charge on the Town's website:
