The complaint was filed by a resident of the neighborhood of El Naranjal, district of La Chorrera, Panama. It describes the environmental and health impacts on the residents of the El Naranjal neighborhood resulting from the construction and operation of the Pan-Am Generating Ltd. thermoelectric plant, which was financed by the IDB. Specifically, the requester states that the project does not comply with the proper environmental safety measures and that it produces noise pollution, vibrations, and toxic gases that have seriously affected the population of the area since the early 2000s, when the plant began operating. It also alleges direct health effects, mainly in children, due to exposure to contaminants that have caused skin, eye, and respiratory diseases. On February 3, 2021, the Request was not registered as it related to one of the exclusions provided in paragraph 19 of the MICI-IDB Policy, specifically exclusion 19 literal (f) regarding Requests that are submitted more than 24 months after the last disbursement of the corresponding operation financed by the Bank. According to the Bank's records, the last disbursement of the Project occurred on January 30, 2002. It is important to note that this Notification of Non-Registration is not an assessment of the merits of the Request or the issues presented in it, nor is it a determination of compliance or non-compliance by the IDB with respect to its Operational Policies.