Environmental Impact Assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. LIC. CLAUDIO.

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Environmental Impact Assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. LIC. CLAUDIO DANIELE Presented by Ing. Martín Civeira

Study area Argentina’s Santa Fe–Confluencia waterway Extension: 654 km of the Paraná River. Connects Santa Fe’s port with the Barranqueras and Corrientes ports, until its confluence with the Paraguay River. The Paraná River is located in the Rio de la Plata Basin, the second largest basin in South America and the fourth largest basin in the world, which has an area of 3.1 million km2. It hosts a big valuable biodiversity and is one of the largest freshwater reserves in the world. The study area includes the operational area and direct influence of the project (river and its coastal areas).

Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Is being developed by Hidrovía SA. Objetive: boost the national and international commerce of outputs and inputs of the Center, North and Mesopotamia regions of Argentina and an increasing commercial load coming from Paraguay, Bolivia and south of Brazil. Responds to the requirements of the political and economical local factors, and the ever-expanding international trade, while promoting the processes of regional and hemispheric integration. This plan will address the restrictions of the Paraná River determined by the "critical places", consisting mostly of sandy bottoms with limited depths and widths, and the limitations to navigation resultant of the lack of aids to navigation. The deepening project aims to reach the navigational draft to 10 feet. Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway.

Santa Fe-Confluencia and Santa Fe-Atlantic Ocean Projects The Santa Fe-Confluencia Project joins with the already existent navigable waterway that connects the port of Santa Fe with the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná and the Río de la Plata rivers (Argentina). Since 1995 the Santa Fe – Ocean waterway is being dredged by Hidrovía SA, and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) are being developed by Estudio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Bureau, with a numerous group of interdisciplinary specialist.

Santa Fe-Confluencia Project in the context of HIDROVÍA PARAGUAY-PARANÁ PROGRAM Santa Fe-Atlantic Ocean and Santa Fe-Confluencia projects enforce the Hidrovía Paraguay – Paraná Program, which runs through Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay from Cáceres Port (Brazil) to Nueva Palmira Port (Uruguay). HIDROVÍA PARAGUAY-PARANÁ Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Santa Fe-Atlantic Ocean Project

Santa Fe-Confluencia Project ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway.

SCOPES » Systematic identification of the environmental consequences of the execution of the deepening project in relation to the previous conditions. » Evaluation and consideration of the impacts respect to quantitative and/or qualitative indicators. » Proposals for measures to mitigate any negative impacts that are detected. » Elaboration of an Environmental Management Plan and a Monitoring Plan. Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. Director - Mr. Claudio Daniele (Estudio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Bureau) Assistant Director: - Ms. Andrea Frassetto Coordination by Hidrovía SA: - Mr. Marcelo Diez Peña Assistant Coordinator: - Ms. Marcela Dabas Participants - Claudio Daniele - Andrea Frassetto - Marcela Dabas - Juan José Neiff - Julio Cardini - Sergio Borrelli - Javier Valladares - José Bernasconi - Juan Bassadona - Raúl Cáceres - Igor Prario - Paula Baylac - Silvia Gonzalez - Jimena Perez - Romina Doi - María Echazú - Marcelo Salvia Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

CONTENT 7 chapters, 8 annexes. Including: - Environmental legal frame. - Description of the project design. - Environmental baseline, in which both natural and man-made aspects were given equal consideration. Using these assets the study presents: - The environmental impact assessment with an impact matrix. - The correspondent mitigation measures. - The Environmental Management Plan. Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

The study developed an ENVIRONMENTAL ATLAS MAP 3 SECTIONS: I) GENERAL ATLAS (1: scale) II) LAND USE AND COVER (1: scale) III) RESTRICTED AREAS “ZONAS DE VEDA” (1: scale) Include: - Description of the project. - The main environmental aspects supplied by different studies and sources (protected areas, transport infrastructure, etc.). Index LAND USE AND COVER ATLAS GENERAL ATLAS Index Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE Main issues: Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. - Climate (climate trends, etc.) - Hydrological, sedimentological and morphological. - Water quality and sediments (background and Hidrovía’s monitoring). - Ecosystems of the coastal and valley of Paraná river (species of ecological importance, etc.). - Aquatic biota (migration, exotic species, etc.). - Conservation (natural protected areas, Ramsar Sites, fish protection, etc.). Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE Results of monitoring water quality Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assesment

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE Decision-making scheme to evaluate sediment disposal options. (Summary of procedure and decision- making framework for disposal of dredged material - Santa Fe-Ocean Waterway) Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

ANTHROPIC ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE Main issues: Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. - Population and demographic (coastal cultural context, etc.). - Coastal equipment and infrastructure (commercial and recreational ports, etc.). - Transport systems (corridors, multimodal transport, etc.). - Economic activities, land use and exploitation of natural resources (commercial navigation, etc.). - Cultural heritage. - Social actors and perception of Project (Public Hearing). Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Main issues: Environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe – Confluencia waterway. - Objetives - History of works in waterways - The current waterway - The projected waterway (waterway design, dredging and buoying works, bathymetric surveys, etc.). - Local conditions of discharge areas (28 areas). Initial survey of buoying Suction dredger Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Local conditions of the 28 discharge areas. Includes: - Mapping of the area - General characteristics of the area: relationship with the dredging area and the channel axis. - Characteristics of the environment. - Environmental sustainability of the discharge area (ecological fragility/environmental risk, presence of relevant land use or economic activities). Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Main issues: - Methodological framework and instruments of identification and evaluation. - Project's actions and environmental components. - Assessment of impacts on the natural and socio- economic environment. - Impact matrix. - Environmental risks of the work: contingencies. - Mitigation Measures. Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

IMPACT MATRIX

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Main issues: - Objectives and components - 9 Management Programs: - Management in each critical zone. - Evaluation of water quality. - Evaluation of sediment quality. - Social Communication. - Contingencies and safety. - Waste management. - Hygiene, occupational safety and health. - Environmental education. - Plan Update. Santa Fe-Confluencia Project Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment of the dredging operations and aids to navigation works in the Argentina’s Santa Fe –Confluencia waterway. LIC. CLAUDIO DANIELE Presented by Ing. Martín Civeira THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!