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Verification of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Mitigation Measures for the Panama Canal Expansion Program – Third Set of Locks Project FINAL REPORT Panama Canal Authority Verification of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Mitigation Measures for the Panama Canal Expansion Program – Third Set of Locks Project: Semi-Annual Report ERM 007 May 2012 ERM Project: 0147554 Environmental Resources Management Century Tower, Floor 17, Suite 1705 Ricardo J. Alfaro Ave., Panama City, Rep. of Panama TABLE OF CONTENTS FREQUENT ACRONYMS V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1 PROMOTER IDENTIFICATION 3 2 INTRODUCTION 4 3 PROGRESS OF THE CANAL EXPANSION PROGRAM 6 3.1 PACIFIC ACCESS CHANNEL EXCAVATION 6 3.2 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NAVIGATION CHANNELS 6 3.3 IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SUPPLY 8 3.4 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF POSTPANAMAX LOCKS 8 3.5 REFORESTATION 10 4 PURPOSE, SCOPE OF WORK AND METHODOLOGY 11 4.1 PURPOSE 11 4.2 SCOPE OF WORK 11 4.3 METHODOLOGY 14 5 VERIFICATION OF THE EXPANSION PROGRAM’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS 16 5.1 EXCAVATION OF THE PACIFIC ACCESS CHANNEL 16 5.1.1 Mitigation Plan Measures 16 5.1.1.1 Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Control Program 16 5.1.1.2 Soil Protection Program 18 5.1.1.3 Water Resources Protection Program 19 5.1.1.4 Flora and Fauna Protection Program 20 5.1.1.5 Solid, Liquid and Hazardous Waste Management Program 21 5.1.1.6 Materials Management Program 21 5.1.1.7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Program 22 5.1.2 Monitoring Plans 24 5.1.2.1 Air Quality Monitoring 24 5.1.2.2 Noise Monitoring 25 5.1.2.3 Vibration Monitoring 26 5.1.2.4 Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring 27 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.2 WIDENING AND DEEPENING OF THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL OF GATUN LAKE AND DEEPENING OF CULEBRA CUT 27 5.2.1 Mitigation Plan Measures 28 5.2.1.1 Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Control Program 28 5.2.1.2 Soil Protection Program 30 5.2.1.3 Water Resources Protection Program 31 5.2.1.4 Flora and Fauna Protection Program 31 5.2.1.5 Solid, Liquid and Hazardous Wastes Management Program 31 5.2.1.6 Material Management Program 33 5.2.1.7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Program 34 5.2.2 Monitoring Plans 37 5.2.2.1 Air Quality Monitoring 37 5.2.2.2 Noise Monitoring 37 5.2.2.3 Vibration Monitoring 38 5.2.2.4 Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring 38 5.3 WIDENING AND DEEPENING OF THE PACIFIC ENTRANCE CHANNEL 39 5.3.1 Mitigation Plan Measures 40 5.3.1.1 Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Control Program 40 5.3.1.2 Soil Protection Program 41 5.3.1.3 Water Resources Protection Program 42 5.3.1.4 Fauna and Flora Protection Program 42 5.3.1.5 Solid Liquid and Hazardous Waste Management Program 43 5.3.1.6 Material Management Program 44 5.3.1.7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Program 45 5.3.2 Monitoring Plan 46 5.3.2.1 Air Quality Monitoring 46 5.3.2.2 Noise Monitoring 46 5.3.2.3 Vibration Monitoring 47 5.3.2.4 Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring 47 5.4 WIDENING AND DEEPENING OF THE ATLANTIC ENTRANCE CHANNEL 48 5.4.1 Mitigation Plan Measures 48 5.4.1.1 Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Control Program 49 5.4.1.2 Soil Protection Program 49 5.4.1.3 Water Resources Protection Program 50 5.4.1.4 Fauna and Flora Protection Program 51 5.4.1.5 Solid, Liquid and Hazardous Waste Program 52 5.4.1.6 Material Management Program 53 5.4.1.7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Program 53 5.4.2 Monitoring Plans 55 5.4.2.1 Air Quality Monitoring 55 5.4.2.2 Noise Monitoring 55 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.4.2.3 Vibration Monitoring 56 5.4.2.4 Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring 56 5.5 RAISING OF GATUN LAKE MAXIMUM LEVEL 57 5.6 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE POSPANAMAX LOCKS 57 5.6.1 Mitigation Plan Measures 58 5.6.1.1 Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Control Programs 58 5.6.1.2 Soil Protection Programs 59 5.6.1.3 Water Resources Protection Programs 60 5.6.1.4 Flora and Fauna Protection Programs 61 5.6.1.5 Solid, Liquid and Hazardous Waste Management Programs 62 5.6.1.6 Material Management Programs 63 5.6.1.7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Programs 63 5.6.2 Monitoring Plans 67 5.6.2.1 Air Quality Monitoring 67 5.6.2.2 Noise Monitoring 68 5.6.2.3 Vibration Monitoring 70 5.6.2.4 Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring 70 5.7 GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS 73 5.7.1 Employment Generation 73 5.7.2 Community Relations 74 5.7.3 Training 76 5.7.4 Archaeology 76 5.7.5 Paleontology 77 5.7.6 Infrastructure 78 5.8 REVIEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESOLUTION DIEORA IA-632-2007 ANAM 78 5.8.1 Semiannual Report 79 5.8.2 Expansion Program Modifications 79 5.8.3 Occupational Health and Safety Expansion Program 79 5.8.4 Ecological Indemnization Plan 81 5.8.5 Reforestation Plan 81 6 CONCLUSIONS 86 7 TABLES 87 Table 1 Excavation of the Pacific Access Channel 88 Table 2 Widening and Deepening of Gatun Lake and Deepening of Culebra Cut 120 Table 3 Widening and Deepening of the Pacific Entrance Channel 137 Table 4 Widening and Deepening of the Atlantic Entrance Channel 148 Table 5 Design and Construction of the Pospanamax Locks 175 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 ANNEXES 207 Annex A Commitments Registry Annex B List of Documents Reviewed Annex C Samples from the Claims and Requests for Information Registries Annex D List of Interviewees Annex E Photographic Registry Annex F: Sample Air Quality Monitoring Reports – CAP4 Annex G: Air Quality Monitoring Report: Sep2011-Feb2012 Annex H: Occupational Noise Monitoring Report – CAP4 Annex I : Sample Water Quality Monitoring Reports – CAP4 Annex J: Samples of Blasting Reports - ACP Annex K: Sample laboratory analytical report on water quality - ACP Annex L: Sample laboratory analytical report on air quality - JDN Annex M: Excerpts from Water Salinity Monitoring Reports - ACP Annex N: Ecological Indemnity Payment Receipts - ACP ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 iv FREQUENT ACRONYMS ACP Panamá Canal Authority Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI) (Autoridad del Canal de Panamá) del Ministerio de Comercio e ADP ACP Project Administrator Industria) (Administrador del Proyecto por CQS Quality Services Corporation parte de la ACP) CUSA Constructora Urbana, S.A. ANAM National Environmental CYVOL Construcciones y Voladuras, Authority (Autoridad Nacional del S.A. Ambiente) dBA A-weighted Decibels (Decibeles APPC Pan American Association for con ponderación de frecuencia A) Conservation (Asociación DECASA Desarrollo Ecológicos y Panamericana para la Ambientales Conservación) DGNTI General Bureau of Industrial CIFM Engeneering Consortium for: Standards and Technology Consortio Ingenieros Civiles (Dirección General de Normas y Asociados S.A. (ICA) Fomento de Tecnología Industrial) Construcción y Contratas S.A. DI Dredging International de (FCC) y constructora MECO S.A. Panamá, S.A (MECO) DIEORA Bureau of Environmental CIFO Center for Forestry Evaluation and Organization Investigations (Centro de (Dirección de Evaluación y Investigación Forestal – ANAM) Ordenamiento Ambiental) CIQSA Centro de Investigaciones E.D. Executive Decree (Decreto Químicas, S.A. Ejecutivo) CO Carbon Monoxide EIA Environmental Impact CO Carbon Dioxide 2 Assessment CODESA Corporación de Desarrollos EMA Evaluación y Monitoreo Ambiental, S.A. Ambiental COPANIT Panamanian Commission of EMP Environmental Management Industrial Standards and Plan Techiques – General Bureau of ERM Environmental Resources Industrial Standards and Management Technology of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry FCC Fomentos de Construcciones y (Comisión Panameña de Normas Contratas, S.A. Industriales y Técnicas de la GUPCSA Grupo Unidos por el Canal, Dirección General de Normas y S.A. ha Hectare ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 v IARM Environmental Management PAC 2 Pacific Access Channel Phase 2 and Follow-up Branch (Sección PAC3 Pacific Access Channel Phase 3 de Manejo y Seguimiento PAC4 Pacific Access Channel Phase 4 Ambiental) PFS Panama Forest Services, Inc. IARH The Project Occupational Safety PM Particulate Matter Section PM Particulate Matter less than 10 ICA Ingenieros Civiles Asociados 10 microns S.A. de C.V. PNAC Altos de Campana National IDAAN National Institute of Aqueducts Park and Sewage Systems (Instituto de Acueductos y Alcantarillados PNCH Chagres National Park Nacionales) PNCC Camino de Cruces National IFC International Financial Park Corporation PNOT Omar Torrijos National Park INADEH Instituto Nacional de Formación PNS Soberanía National Park Profesional y Capacitación para PNVB Volcán Barú National Park el Desarrollo Humano PPE Personal Protective Equipment JDN Jan De Nul NV RFM El Montuoso Forest Reserve MEC Munitions and Explosives of SO2 Sulfur Dioxide Concern STI Servicios de Tecnologías de MECO Constructora Meco, S.A. Incineración MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets STRI Smithsonian Tropical Research m3 cubic meters Institute NMP Most Probable Number (Número TECSAN Tecnología Sanitaria, S.A. mas probable) TSS Total Suspended Solids NO Nitrogen Dioxide 2 UFC Colony Forming Units NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units (Unidades de Formación de PAC 0 Pacific Access Channel – North Colonias) Entrance Dredging USEPA United States Environmental PAC 1 Pacific Access Channel Phase 1 Protection Agency ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY - MAY 2012 vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report presents the degree of compliance in the implementation and effectiveness of mitigation measures implemented during the work of the Panama Canal Expansion Program - Third Set of Locks for the period from September 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012.
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