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Environmental Information for Pending and Approved Transactions

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
Pascua-Lama Surface Gold-Silver Mine	Frontera District, Atacama Province, Chile and San Juan Province, Argentina	AP085021xx			3/1/10	N/A
Yeristovo Surface Iron Ore Mine	Near Komsomolsk, Poltava Oblast (Region), Ukraine	AP085051xx			3/1/10	N/A
El Boleo Copper-Cobalt-Zinc Mine	Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico	AP084609xx			9/29/09	1/6/10 (See NOTE 1)
Albany Golf & Residential Resort	New Providence Island, The Bahamas	AP084353xx			7/22/09	7/22/09
100.5 MW Wind Farm	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	AP083987xx			6/22/09	N/A
Kouilou Potash Mine and Processing Plant	Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo	AP084211xx			6/4/09	6/23/09
ONGC Tripura 726MW Gas Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant	Pallatana, Tripura, India	AP084430xx		2,100,000	6/4/09	N/A
Emirates Aluminum Smelter with a 1950MW Gas Fired Power Plant	Abu Dhabi, UAE	AP084044xx	No(1)	5,000,000	6/4/09	6/4/09
10 MW Geothermal Power Plant	Island of Nevis	AP083885xx			4/23/09	N/A
POSCO Power - Incheon Units #5 & #6 1,252MW CC Power Plant	Incheon, Korea	AP084239xx	No(1)	3,800,000	4/23/09	4/23/09
Caykara Weir & 27MW Hydroelectric Power Plant	Town of Caykara, City of Trabzon, Turkey	AP084176xx			4/9/09	N/A
Pueblo Viejo Surface Gold Mine	Province of Sanchez Ramirez, Dominican Republic	AP083824xx	No (1)	3,100,000	9/2/08	5/18/2009

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: For environmental information on this project, you may access the following website: http://bajamining.com/boleo/sustainability/

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.

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:

Updated: March 8, 2010