North American Environmental Law and Policy 30 Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II Factual Record regarding Submission SEM-05-003 Prepared in accordance with Article 15 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation Commission for Environmental Cooperation Please cite as: CEC. 2014. Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II: Factual Record regarding Submission SEM-05-003. Montreal, Canada: Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 112 pp. This report was prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Submission on Enforcement Matters Unit. The information contained herein does not necessarily reflect the views of the CEC, or the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States of America. Reproduction of this document in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes may be made without special permission from the CEC Secretariat, provided acknowledgment of the source is made. 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Except where otherwise noted, this work is protected under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License. © Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2014 ISBN: 978-2-89700-087-5 (print) / 978-2-89700-052-3 (e-version) Disponible en français – ISBN: 978-2-89700-089-9 / 978-2-89700-054-7 (e-version) Disponible en español – ISBN: 978-2-89700-088-2 / 978-2-89700-053-0 (e-version) Legal deposit—Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2014 Legal deposit—Library and Archives Canada, 2014 Publication Details Publication type: Factual Record Publication date: March 2014 Original language: Spanish Review and quality assurance procedures: Final Party review: October–November 2013 Cover photo: Carlos Chávez Cámara For more information: Commission for Environmental Cooperation 393, rue St-Jacques Ouest, bureau 200 Montreal (Quebec) Canada H2Y 1N9 t 514.350.4300 f 514.350.4314 [email protected] / www.cec.org North American Environmental Law and Policy 30 Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II Factual Record regarding Submission SEM-05-003 Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 1 2 Summary of the Submission 3 3 Summary of Mexico’s Response 4 4 Scope of the Factual Record 6 5 Information-gathering Process 6 6 Environmental Law in Question 7 6.1 Validity of the environmental law in question 7 6.2 Atmospheric emissions authority 10 6.3 Establishment of mandatory vehicle inspection programs and the establishment and operation of vehicle inspection centers 12 6.4 Plans for verification and control of the polluting emissions 12 6.5 Specific actions to reduce and control air pollutant to the atmosphere in the city of Hermosillo 14 6.6 The issuance of the Municipal Environmental Protection Program 14 7 Description of the Area of Interest and Information on Air Pollutants 14 7.1 Introduction 14 7.2 Climate, temperature, precipitation and wind patterns 15 7.3 Population and territory 17 7.4 Roads, urban development and transportation 19 7.5 Atmospheric pollutants 21 8 Actions undertaken by Mexico to effectively enforce LGEEPA Articles 7, section III, and 8, section III; RPCCA Article 4, section III; and LEEPAS Articles 111, sections V and VII, and 119, section II, paragraph b) in relation to establishing mandatory vehicle inspection programs, and the establishment and operation of vehicle inspection centers 23 9 Actions undertaken by Mexico to effectively enforce LGEEPA Article 7, section XIII; RPCCA Articles 16 and 41, section I; and LEEPAS Article 111, sections VI and IX, regarding plans for verification, monitoring and control of pollutant emissions 25 9.1 The air quality monitoring infrastructure in Hermosillo 26 9.2 Data collection from the Hermosillo atmospheric monitoring network 29 9.2.1 Atmospheric monitoring data 30 9.3 The Hermosillo emissions inventory 35 10 Effective Enforcement of RPCCA Article 13 regarding specific actions to reduce and control emissions of pollutants to the atmosphere in the city of Hermosillo 38 10.1 Mitigation measures re properties and areas under state or municipal jurisdiction 39 11 Effective Enforcement of LGEEPA Article 8, section XV regarding the issuance of the Municipal Environmental Protection Program 42 12 Final Note 42 Tables Table 1. Average monthly wind speeds in Hermosillo 16 Table 2. Population density in Hermosillo 18 Table 3. Health effects of exposure to criteria pollutants 22 Table 4. Manual monitoring network in Hermosillo 29 Table 5. PM10 readings and AQI PM10 concentrations in July 2005 in Hermosillo 31 Table 6. Daily PM10 concentrations during the month of December 2005 at the city of Hermosillo’s monitoring stations 32 Table 7. Summary of AQI index values obtained from April to September 2011 at the Hermosillo automatic station 33 Table 8. 2005 Inventory of emissions in Hermosillo 36 Table 9. Summary of the 2005 Hermosillo Emissions Inventory 38 Table 10. Companies complying with requirement to file an Annual Operating Report (COA) 39 Table 11. Number of licenses issued by CEDES per year 41 Table 12. Pollution complaints in Hermosillo 41 Figures Figure 1. Location of the municipality of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora, Mexico 15 Figure 2. Average annual precipitation in Hermosillo 16 Figure 3. The Hermosillo airshed 17 Figure 4. Landscape analysis 19 Figure 5. The Hermosillo road system 20 Figure 6. Location of stations in the manual atmospheric monitoring network operated by the Municipality of Hermosillo and areas with unpaved roads 28 Figure 7. Distribution and comparison of TSP concentrations from the city of Hermosillo’s Central, Northeast (i.e., North) and Northwest stations 30 Figure 8. Daily PM10 concentrations during July 2005 at the city of Hermosillo’s monitoring stations 31 Figure 9. Daily PM10 concentrations during December 2005 at the city of Hermosillo’s monitoring stations 32 Figure 10. Average concentrations per month in 2009, 2010 and 2011 34 Figure 11. Annual concentration of PM10 per station from 2000 to 2011 34 Figure 12. Annual concentration of TSP per station from 2000 to 2011 35 Figure 13. Contribution (%) of each category of emissions source to the generation of different types of pollutants 36 Photo Photo 1. An unpaved street in Hermosillo 40 APPENDICES Appendix 1. Council Resolution 12-04 61 Appendix 2. Submission SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II) 63 Appendix 3. Updated Overall Work Plan for the Preparation of a Factual Record on Submission SEM-05-003 72 Appendix 4. Information Request in which the scope of the information to be included in the factual record is explained and examples of relevant information are given 76 Appendix 5. Information Request addressed to the Mexican Authorities 82 Appendix 6. Information Request to Nongovernmental Organizations, JPAC and the other NAAEC Parties 83 Appendix 7. Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence by the Consultants in respect of SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II) 86 Appendix 8. Environmental Law in Question 88 Appendix 9. Atmospheric Monitoring Data from Hermosillo, Sonora 97 Abbreviations, acronyms and definitions Abbreviations and acronyms AQI Air quality index BOES Official Bulletin of the state of Sonora Boletín( Oficial del Estado de Sonora) CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation CEDES Ecology and Sustainable Development Commission of the state of Sonora (Comisión de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora) COA Annual Operating Report (Cédula de Operación Anual) DGGCARETC General Directorate for Air Quality Management and the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Dirección General de Gestión de la Calidad del Aire y Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes) of Semarnat DOF Official Gazette of the Federation Diario( Oficial de la Federación) EPA US Environmental Protection Agency Implan Hermosillo Municipal Institute of Urban Planning (Instituto Municipal de Planeación Urbana de Hermosillo) INECC National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (Instituto Nacional de Ecología) of Semarnat JPAC Joint Public Advisory Committee LAU Uniform Environmental License (Licencia Ambiental Única) LEES Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Act for the state of Sonora (Ley del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente para el Estado de Sonora), abrogated upon the publication in the BOES of LEEPAS, 25 September 2008 LGEEPA General Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Act (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente) LEEPAS Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Act of the state of Sonora (Ley del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente del Estado de Sonora), presently in force, published in the BOES on 25 September 2008 LTES Transportation Act of the state of Sonora (Ley de Tránsito del Estado de Sonora), published in the BOES, 27 February 1984 (in force on 30 January 2012) NOM Official Mexican Standard Norma( Oficial Mexicana) NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation PAM Mexican Environmental Program (Programa Ambiental Mexicano) PAF Border Environmental Program (Programa Ambiental Fronterizo) PEMCA Air Quality Assessment and Improvement Program (Programa de Evaluación y Mejoramiento de la Calidad del Aire) Profepa Office of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection Procuraduría( Federal de Protección al Ambiente) RETC Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes) of Semarnat REIICA