Environmental Information for Pending and Approved Transactions
1. Listing of major pending transactions classified as Category A that require submission of an environmental and social 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 and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) 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 ESIA be posted on this site for at least 30 days prior to any issuance of a final commitment.
Interested parties wishing to receive a copy of the ESIA in order to offer constructive comments or to provide pertinent information to Ex-Im Bank on environmental and social issues raised by the underlying project should direct their request to Enviro.Specialist@exim.gov.
If you have difficulty accessing this mailbox, please contact Ex Im Bank at:
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Engineering and Environment Division
811 Vermont Ave N.W.
Washington D.C. 20571
Phone (202) 565-3570
Environmental and Social Impact 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) | Project Posting Date | Date ESIA Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasiast Gold Mine Expansion Project | 280 kilometers north of Nouakchott, Inchiri Region, Mauritania | AP086514XX | TBD | 11/25/14 | Not Yet Available | |
| Tamar Gas Field Expansion & Compressor Station | Offshore Northern Israel (Gas Field) and onshore southern Israel (Compressor Station) | AP088873xx | No(1) | TBD | 08/19/14 | Not Yet Available |
Tahrir Petrochemical Complex | Suez Industrial Area, Ain Sokhna, Egypt | AP086890xx | 3/13/12 | 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.
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 Enviro.Specialist@exim.gov.
| Project | Location | Reference | Further NEPA action required?1 | Estimated Annual CO2 Production (tonnes/yr) | Project Posting Date | ESIA (or other information) available2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemex Oil & Gas Exploration and Production | Onshore and Offshore North and Eastern, Mexico | AP088970xx | No(1) | n/a | 2,700,000 | Not available |
| Bac Lieu 87MW Windfarm | Bac Lieu, Vietnam | AP088627xx | --- | n/a | 11/17/14 | Not available |
| Yaoundé Water Supply Project | Yaoundé, Cameroon | AP088021xx | --- | n/a | 11/17/14 | Not available |
| Tibetan Sheep International Carpet Manufacturing Facility | Xining, China | AP088839xx | 8/6/14 | Not available | ||
| Platform Drilling Rig | Bay of Campeche, Mexico | AP088844xx | --- | 35,000 tonnes/year | 07/28/14 | Not available |
| Conversion of existing Azito Power Plant from 290 MW two-unit, simple cycle gas-fired plant to 420 MW combined cycle plant. (Phase III Conversion) | Azito Village, Abidjan, Republic of Ivory Coast | AP088709xx | No(1) | No increase to plant’s existing fuel consumption or CO2 emissions. | 07/11/14 | Available 07/11/14 |
| Waste to Energy Plant to produce 1.67MW of power and 210,000 gallons of diesel fuel/yr) | Saltillo and Monterrey, Mexico | AP088200xx | 02/24/14 | Not Available | ||
| Pan American Energy Oil/Gas Development | Golfo San Jorge Basin, Southern Argentina | AP088250xx | No(1) | 687,000 | 01/06/14 | Not Available |
| Shanghai Fab 8 Semiconductor Plant | Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China | AP088009xx | No(1) | 112,662 | 11/08/13 | Not Available |
| Aluminum Can Manufacturing | Zhejiang Province, Guangdong Province, and Longkou Province, China | AP087510xx | 8/28/13 | Not Available | ||
| Marcona Y Tres Hermanas 120MW Windfarm | Nasca, Peru | AP087793xx | 8/5/13 | Not Available | ||
| Orosi 50MW Windfarm | Liberia, Costa Rica | AP085968xx | 8/5/13 | Not Available | ||
| Talas1 50MW Windfarm | Trinidad, Uruguay | AP087794xx | 6/7/13 | Not Available | ||
| Pemex Oil & Gas Exploration and Production | Onshore and Offshore North and Eastern Mexico | AP088773xx | No(1) | TBD | 6/03/14 | Not Available |
| Condensate Refinery Expansion | Western Kazhakstan | AP088545xx | --- | 104,000 | 6/03/14 | Available 06/03/14 |
| 124MW Gas Turbine Power Plant Expansion | Buykkaristiran, Luleburgaz, Kirklareli, Thrace Region, Turkey | AP088461xx | No(1) | TBD | 6/03/14 | Not Available |