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Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Issues

Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 494

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 486

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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 408

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Pollution

Description: Complaint raises concerns about releases of pollutants related to the project, including hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals, minerals, metals, pathogens, odors, noise, vibration, radiation, light, and heat.

Complaints with this Issue: 229

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 353

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Project

Name: Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Investments: IDB CR-L1049

Client: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)

Support: Loans

Country: Costa Rica

Complaint

IAM: Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI)

ID: MICI-BID-CR-2016-0110

Date Filed: Sept. 16, 2016

Date Closed: July 20, 2017

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

The Request alleges harms due to the possible noncompliance of the Bank's operational policies in the context of three topics:i) An environmental harm by the work and operation of the Project, especially harming the fauna of the area;ii) Harm due to the possible non-compliance with the management and disaster risk detection, given the possibility of collapse of nearby lagoons into the Rio Reventazon reservoir; andiii) Harm linked to the process of land acquisition relating to the properties of the Requesters, which allegedly would not have met the expropriation criteria established by the Bank by not having considered the market value of the land or the value added by its biodiversity nor any of the reforestation work previously performed.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Sept. 16, 2016

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Sept. 16, 2016

Registration

Sept. 16, 2016 -

Sept. 23, 2016

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 16, 2016

End Date: Sept. 23, 2016

Eligibility

Sept. 23, 2016 -

Dec. 12, 2016

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 23, 2016

End Date: Dec. 12, 2016

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Not desired by complainant

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Board did not approve, Board did not authorize

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage

Closed

July 20, 2017

Timeline

Documents

Name Category Description
Request Receipt Filing document.cfm?id=40702191.pdf
Notice of Registration Registration document.cfm?id=40685304.pdf
Management Response Management Response document.cfm?id=40722803.pdf
Management Response Management Response document.cfm?id=40722815.pdf
Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure Eligibility document.cfm?id=40791405.pdf
Transfer to Compliance Review Phase Compliance Review document.cfm?id=40783316.pdf
Preparation of Draft Recommendation and ToRs due date Timeline document.cfm?id=40872895.pdf
Decision by the Board of Executive Directors regarding the Recommendation Management Response document.cfm?id=40873829.pdf
Notification to Parties Filing document.cfm?id=40874329.pdf

Related Complaints

Project IAM Country Date Filed Status
Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project IDB MICI Costa Rica 19/10/2017 Closed Without Outputs
Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project IDB MICI Costa Rica 07/08/2017 Closed With Outputs
Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project IDB MICI Costa Rica 14/02/2017 Closed Without Outputs
Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project IDB MICI Costa Rica 07/12/2016 Closed Without Outputs
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