Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management Program - Request II (AR-L1151)

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Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management Program - Request II (AR-L1151)

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Project

Name: Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management Program (AR-L1151)

Client: Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Argentina, Republic of Argentina, Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Argentina;;

Support: Loans

Country: Argentina

Complaint

IAM: Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI)

ID: MICI-BID-AR-2021-0170

Date Filed: July 23, 2021

Status: Monitoring

Description

The Request describes environmental harm to the community, their patrimony, and economic activities (with a differentiated impact to the livelihoods of women), as well as to the Requesterâ health, due to the future construction and operation of a regional garbage dump/landfill in an area close to lagoons and water sources. Specifically, the Requesters warn of a substantial and direct harm in the area of impact of the Project due to the contamination of water basins; the irreversible destruction of biodiversity and severe damage to two large wetlands and arable land. They add that the operation of the garbage dump will have as a consequence the depreciation of the land value and a negative impact on productive activity in fields (agricultural production, organic crops, beekeeping, etc. with differentiated effects and more concentrated for women who own businesses and real estate in the area). Likewise, they alleged the eventual deterioration in the communityâ health, given that now they would have to live near waste; and even they would possibly be forced to abandon their activities in the impacted zone (schools, housing, community centers, jobs, etc.). They also inform that the selection of the plot for the garbage dump was improvised, without the corresponding permits from the landowners and without an adequate analysis of alternatives and / or with environmental, social, and anthropic studies, with complete information on all negative impacts for the community. Finally, they warned about the lack of public information about the Project and adequate public consultations in accordance with IDB Policies to give consent, by the affected population, for the landfill`s construction.

Complaint Stages

Timeline

Documents

Name	Category	Description
Notification of Registration - English	Registration
Notification of Registration - Spanish	Registration
Management Response - Annex 1 - Spanish	Eligibility
Management Response Annex 2 - Spanish	Eligibility
Management Response Annex 3-Spanish	Eligibility
Management Response Annex 4 - Spanish	Eligibility
Management Response Annex 5 - Spanish	Eligibility
Management Response Annex 6 - English	Eligibility
Management Response - Spanish	Eligibility
Eligibility Memorandum-English	Eligibility
Eligibility Memorandum - Spanish	Eligibility
Consultation Phase Assessment Report - English	Appraisal
Consultation Phase Assessment Report-Spanish	Appraisal
Notification of Extension of Deadline-Spanish	Dispute Resolution
Notification of Deadline Extension - English	Dispute Resolution
Consultation Phase Report - English	Dispute Resolution
Consultation Phase Report - Spanish	Dispute Resolution
First Monitoring Report-English	Monitoring
First Monitoring Report - Spanish	Monitoring

Commitments

Type	Category	Description	Status
Information disclosure	Consultation	Disclosure of geomembrane specifications	Planned
Monitoring Project Impacts	Monitoring	Monitoring surface water impacts from ecopark	Planned
Monitoring Project Impacts	Monitoring	Monitoring of impacts to provincial access route	In Progress
Monitoring Project Impacts	Monitoring	Monitoring groundwater impacts from the project	Accomplished
Studies (not environmental)	Consultation	Study on potential harm to property values	In Progress