Complaint > Lydian (Amulsar Gold Mine) - Extension

Compliance Review: Compliance Assessment Report

...changes to the project configuration the ESIA was updated accordingly, the main changes are presented below: Element changed Reason Comment Erato pit included in mine design High grade of ore – increasing potential reserves Triganes and Artavasdes – super pit configuration Deeper working method – increasing potential reserves Resulting from ongoing programme of site exploration. Inclusion of Erato results in increased visibility from Jermuk and Kechut, as Erato peak screened wo...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...changes The Bank Management should report on the progress and development of the ‘guidance note’ and on the outcome of this process. 40 Bank Management Response, Annex 2 to the EAR, p. 16. 41 Among others, the Task Force on Access to Information purports to “Continue[s] strengthening implementation of the Convention's provisions on access to information, including through promoting exchange of information, experiences, challenges and good practices concerning public access to information on the ...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Response Annexes 2-8

...change for a comprehensive turnkey contract, plus another $ 5 to $10 million for improvements to the electro-mechanical works, bringing the total EPC cost increase into a range of $30 to $35 millions, nominal and undiscounted. At the same time, BEL and the contractor are negotiating an incentive scheme to accelerate commissioning by 3 to 4 months, which would create for Uganda a real economic cost saving on thermal plant operation estimated at $30 to $40 million (in dollars of 2006). The net imp...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Appraisal: English

...Climate Change (March 2010), available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTENERGY2/Resources/CGN_20100331.pdf 16 Exhibit 5.5(c)(B) to the Loan Agreement 17 See Annual E&S Performance Report (2009/10) p.6. available at http://www.adb.org/projects/41946- 014/documents (Accessed 18 July 2012). A similar comment is made in the 2008/9 Annual E&S Performance Report. Appraisal Report CAO Ref Code: C-I-R6-Y12-F160 ...

Complaint > Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project

Filing: Additional Request for Inspection (English)

...changes in the project during implementation.” Rather than change the project to reduce the environmental and social impacts in light of repeated violations of loan agreements and project documents, the Banks changed the project to allow the borrower to delay implementation of these neglected components. 65. Finally, the Banks did not adequately exercise their remedies when the borrower failed to comply with project conditions. (OD 13.05, para 41). In particular, the Banks should hav...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Eligibility: 62-Eligibility Report (English)

...changed to ensure project sustainability, and (e) proper consultation is undertaken to ensure communities give their free, prior and informed consent to all components ofthe project". 19. Based on the foregoing, the Requesters ask that the Inspection Panel conduct an investigation of the matters described in the Request for Inspection. 20. The above claims may constitute, inter alia, non-compliance by the Bank with various provisions of the following Operational Policies and Proc...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Second Management Progress Report

...Climate GoU disclosed the Lake Change and Victoria hydrological (water Hydrology releases) starting in 2008, and Risks; Potential since then, the information has Impacts on Lake been made available to the EAC Victoria; on a regular basis. Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND STATUS 4. The U ganda Private Power Generation ( ...

Complaint > Anvil Mining Congo, SARL-01/World Bank President Request

Compliance Review: English

...changes in MIGA’s due diligence processes The underwriting and risk management processes for the Dikulushi project spanned a considerable period during which there were important changes within MIGA and, toward the end of which, new World Bank Group commitments were emerging. A Preliminary Application had been submitted to MIGA in early 1996, but it was not until March 2003 that the underwriting process commenced. 28 Anvil Mining’s Definitive Application was submitted in September that yea...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Eligibility: Independent Investigation into the Mercury Spill of June 2, 2000 in the Vicinity of San Juan, Choropampa and Magdalena, Peru - June 2000

...changed for much larger containers holding almost 200 kg. There in use at the time of the spill. The rationale for changing flask type was not clear to the Independent Commission. The Independent Commission received conflicting accounts of who ordered the change in flasks. It appears that the change took place without a technical and engineering assessment of the newly specified flasks. Mercantil has indicated that it checks the mercury flasks for leaks every three months using a procedure...

Complaint > Yanacocha-03/Cajamarca

Eligibility: Independent Investigation into the Mercury Spill of June 2, 2000 in the Vicinity of San Juan, Choropampa and Magdalena, Peru - June 2000

...changed for much larger containers holding almost 200 kg. There in use at the time of the spill. The rationale for changing flask type was not clear to the Independent Commission. The Independent Commission received conflicting accounts of who ordered the change in flasks. It appears that the change took place without a technical and engineering assessment of the newly specified flasks. Mercantil has indicated that it checks the mercury flasks for leaks every three months using a procedure...

Complaint > Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 3rd Request

Eligibility: 51-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...changes at high trafficked intersections – National Roads 34 and Rosario Santa Fe Freeway – and overpasses for railroad crossings; (v) ground-level interchanges at intersections with provincial and rural roads; and (vi) turn lanes and returns at intervals of about 4-6 kilometers to facilitate safe access to properties along the corridor.  Component 2 – Institutional Strengthening (estimated cost US$ 2.8 million, ...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Compliance Report: 16-Investigation Report (English)

...changed. In each case in which the autonomous status was changed, it involved a request by the autonomous area to be upgraded to a municipality (which is not eligible to be treated as an autonomous area) or a request by the minority nationality for the entire community to be moved to another area.8 Thus, the Commission advised that mere changes in numbers or concentration of the minority nationality living in the area do not trigger the loss of s...

Complaint > Lonmin-02/Marikana

Filing: Complaint regarding Lonmin project

...climate change and has also committed to reduce energy consumption by 10% in 2007 compared with 2003 baseline levels. Certain areas of the project do have the potential to impact ambient conditions (eg: dust from tailings dams and smelter emissions). Appropriate strategies to minimize these and other impacts have been taken, for example measures to minimize dust from tailings dams (see below) whilst SOX emissions fro...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...changes in hydrology and disruption of river continuity; (b) potential cumulative impacts on water use, including ecotourism and rafting activities, due to changes in hydrology and barrier effects of the dams; (c) potential cumulative impact on estuary habitat due to sediment deposits related to the erosion caused by the Project; (d) potential changes in water quality due to sediments and residues from the drilling process; (e) absence of an understanding of the cumulati...

Complaint > Barro Blanco

Compliance Report: Panel report No. 1 Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project Panama

...changes were agreed upon at various points throughout the project. However, substance of the information contained in these documents and changes were not publicly disclosed in accordance with PS1. 90. The ESAP dated 15 July 2011 that was agreed at the time of contracting was, in the Panel’s opinion, lacking in any detail or agreed action. The ESAP was, in essence, dependent on various other action and studies which were yet to take place – including the second indigenous peoples study. Thi...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Eligibility: 67-Eligibility Report (English)

...Climate Change (UNFCCC).10 8. The Project consists of a 70 MW run-of-river11 hydropower plant, located on the Laja River; 8 km downstream of the existing Rucúe hydropower plant (160 MW). The Quilleco power plant is designed for a water flow of 130m3/s taken from the water discharged from the Rucúe plant. The project will generate on average about 422 GWh per year, with a firm power capacity of approximately 47 MW. The Project will feed into the Central Interconnect...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...change and shifting priorities took their toll on execution. Lack of cooperation among different agencies and the politicization of resettlement caused additional problems. As a consequence of these factors, long delays and cost overruns affected implementation. Current program costs are estimated at more than double the o r i g d estimates and approximately 3,560 of the 5,800 farming families affected by the dam are still awaiting completion of imgation on their lots. Nevertheles...

Complaint > None

Policy Document: Social and Environmental Compliance Unit Investigation Guidelines (IG)

...Climate Change & Disaster Resilience”, “Development Impact & Effectiveness”, and “Gender Equality”. SECU’s historical experience, and the experiences within the development community, have shown certain categories of development activity raise social and environmental issues more than others. The budget allocations within these categories can provide a useful and objective approach to target refinement. Governance Indicators Governance indicators can reflect country capacity and political willi...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, and Petroleum Environment Capacity Enhancement Project

Eligibility: 27-Eligibility Report (English)

...changes were made in the pipeline route to avoid sensitive natural habitats, and indigenous groups. These changes were incorporated in the 1999 EA/EMP. According to Management, the EA adopted a method which avoids or minimizes the costs of environmental damage in the selection of the preferred alternatives for each component and for the Pipeline Project as a whole. 36. Management recognizes the gaps in the baseline data collected in the 1997 EA and ...

Complaint > Visayas Base-Load Power Project

Monitoring: 1st Annual Monitoring Report

...changes in the assessment, and in ensuring an adequate grievance redress mechanism and an inclusive consultation process. Regarding the Energy Policy, the CRP found that ADB had decided to finance the coal-fired power plant without first ensuring compliance with social and environmental safeguards. Given these conclusions, the CRP drew up four recommendations to bring the project into compliance. 11. On 2 April 2012, the Board discussed the CRP’s final report and approved its four recomme...