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Environmental Information for Pending and Approved T`ransactions

1. Listing of major pending transactions classified as Category A that require submission of an environmental impact assessment.

Each of the following transactions has been classified as Environmental Category A, and for these transactions, Ex-Im Bank requires that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be forwarded by the applicant for Ex-Im Bank's review. Ex-Im Bank also requires that a notice of the availability to interested parties of the EIA be posted on this site for 30 days prior to any issuance of a final commitment. Interested parties wishing to receive a copy of the EIA in order to offer constructive comments to Ex-Im Bank on environmental issues raised by the underlying project should direct their request to:

Environmental Assessments for the following transaction(s) are (or will shortly become) available:

Project	Location	Reference	Further NEPA action required?1	Estimated Annual CO2  Production (tonnes/yr)	Posting Date	Date EIA Available
Tasiast Gold Mine Expansion Project	Inchiri Wilaya (Region), Mauritania	AP086514XX			1/27/12	Not Yet Available
Braka 5,600MW Nuclear Power Plant	Western Abu Dhabi, UAE	AP084728xx			1/20/12	Not Yet Available
Ceara Aquarium Project	Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	AP085092			1/17/12	Not Yet Available
Fortescue Metals Group Limited Iron Ore Mine and related facilities	Pilbara Region, Western Australia	AP085808xx			1/9/12	Not Yet Available
Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mine	Khanbogd District, Omnogovi Province, Mongolia	AP086115xx			1/3/12	Not Yet Available
Sadara Petrochemical Project	Al Jubail City, Saudi Arabia	AP085466xx	No(1)	6,200,000	8/31/11	1/31/12
EMAL Phase II Aluminum Smelter	Abu Dhabi, UAE	AP085996xx	No(1)	4,800,000	8/8/11	1/3/12
Australia Pacific LNG Project	Central Queensland and Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	AP085675xx	No (1)	5,600,000	6/22/11	6/28/11
Etileno XXI Petrochemical Plant	Coatzcoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico	AP085937xx	No (1)		6/15/11	11/4/11
8 - 10 MW Geothermal Power Plant	Island of Nevis	AP083885xx-2			2/2/11	2/2/11
Pascua-Lama Surface Gold-Silver Mine	Frontera District, Atacama Province, Chile and San Juan Province, Argentina	AP085021xx			3/1/10	Not Yet Available

Footnotes:
¹ Based on Ex-Im Bank’s review of the proposed transaction, Ex-Im has concluded:
    (1)  No major Federal action. 
    (2)  Categorical exclusion applies.

NOTE 1: Annual CO2 Production and the CO2 Intensity are based on initial estimates.

2. List of major pending transactions classified as Category B

Interested parties wishing to provide information to Ex-Im Bank's Engineering and Environment Division about potential environmental issues raised by the following projects should direct their comments to:

Footnotes:
¹  Based on Ex-Im Bank’s review of the proposed transaction, Ex-Im has concluded:
    (1)  No major Federal action. 
    (2)  Categorical exclusion applies.

²  Ordinarily, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are not prepared for Category B transactions, and Ex-Im Bank does not require an EIA for Category B transactions.  If one is prepared and available (as noted above),  interested parties wishing to receive a copy of the EIA should direct their request to the Engineering and Environment Division at the above contact information.

NOTE 1: The Environmental Assessment prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Guarantee Office and related documents can be found as item 23. at: https://lpo.energy.gov/?page_id=1514#moj

3- Listing of major Category A transactions for which financing has been approved, with associated environmental requirements and related environmental reports.

For each of the following approved Category A transactions, go to the summary page which lists the material environmental requirements associated with Ex-Im Bank’s financial support and the supplemental environmental reports required of the borrower, including dates when the reports are to be submitted. Interested parties wishing to obtain a copy of a listed report should direct their request to: