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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:

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Engineering and Environment Division
811 Vermont Ave N.W.
Washington D.C. 20571
Phone (202) 565-3570
Fax (202) 565-3584

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:

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Engineering and Environment Division
811 Vermont Ave N.W.
Washington D.C. 20571
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Phone (202) 565-3570
Fax (202) 565-3584
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Project Location Reference Further NEPA action required?1 Estimated Annual CO2  Production
(tonnes/yr)
Posting Date EIA (or other information) available2

Gas Turbine Compressors

Jhabua & Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh, India

AP084664 No(1) 226,000 10/28/09 N/A

Solar Blue PV Manufacturing Plant

Berlin, Germany

AP084119     10/28/09 N/A
KSE 90 MW Simple Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant Orapa, Botswana AP083654xx No (1) 400,000 6/22/09  

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:

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Engineering and Environment Division
811 Vermont Ave N.W.
Washington D.C. 20571
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Phone (202) 565-3570
Fax (202) 565-3584
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Project Location Reference
Al Dur Integrated 48 MIGD Desalination and 1,234 MW Power Plants

Southern Governorate, southeastern Bahrain

AP084101XX
PNG Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Southern Highlands and Gulf Provinces, Gulf of Papua, and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

AP084099XX
Cengiz 240MW Combined Cycle Power Plant

Samsun City, Tekkekoy district Selyeri Region, Turkey

AP084036XX
Strategic Gas Program for Oil & Gas Field Development & Production

Onshore/Offshore Eastern Coast of Mexico

AP084135xx
Faras 500 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant Extension

Al-Hofuf, Saudi Arabia

AP083340XA
PP8-Riyadh 492 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant Extension

Al Qurayyah, Saudi Arabia

AP083340XB
Al Qurayyah 1890 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

AP083340XC
Peru LNG Project

Departments (Provinces) of Cusco, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Ica, and Lima, Peru

AP080938XX

 

Updated: March 8, 2010

 
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