BECC Overview RWIC Funding Forum Phoenix, Arizona December 3, 2013 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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BECC Overview

Border Environment Cooperation Commission North American Development Bank

RWIC Funding Forum

Phoenix, Arizona December 3, 2013

Who We Are: Agreement Signed in October 1993

Side Agreement to NAFTA

Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) North American Development Bank (NADB)

“Preserve, protect, and enhance US-MEX border region by identifying, developing, implementing and overseeing environmental infrastructure projects” NADB finances the construction of projects certified by BECC

… a project that will “prevent, control or reduce environmental pollutants or contaminants, improve the drinking water supply, or protect flora and fauna so as to improve human health, promote sustainable development, or contribute to a higher quality of life”

US-Mexico Border Environment Cooperation

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Board of Directors

Representative of the Border States Representative of the Border States Public member who is a resident

• f the border region

Public member who is a resident of the border region

A unique and innovative structure among bi-national

• rganizations, where the civil

society is represented with its Board of Directors

BECC Overview

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Jurisdiction

100 km north (population 13.9 million) and 300 km south (population 16.6 million) of the international boundary. Projects beyond these areas may be eligible if they remedy a cross- border environmental or health problem.

BASIC SECTORS

• Water pollution
• Wastewater treatment
• Water conservation
• Municipal solid waste
• Industrial and hazardous waste
• Recycling and waste reduction

EXPANDED SECTORS

• Air quality
• Clean and efficient energy
• Public transportation
• Municipal planning and development
• International border crossings
• Energy transmission / distribution of energy
• Production of goods / services to enhance or

protect the environment, if the project provides a net environmental benefit to the region

• Other infrastructure designed to minimize future

negative environmental impacts in the region

BECC Overview – W hat Do W e Do?

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Certified Projects ( US$ M) 204 Projects with a total estimated cost of US$ 6.251 billion

California, 15 $ 966.36 Arizona, 17 $ 353.11 New Mexico, 9 $ 67.74 Texas, 52 $ 1,484.21 93 in U.S. $ 2,871.42 111 in México $ 3,379.62 Sonora, 27 $ 559.43 Coahuila, 3 $ 156.60 Nuevo León, 5 $ 105.71 Baja California, 31 $ 1,194.26 Tamaulipas, 20 $ 865.26 Chihuahua, 25 $ 498.36

BECC / NADB Funding Program s

US-Mexico Border Program (EPA-funded Program for Project Development Assistance Program (PDAP) and Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund (BEIF): Water and Wastewater Projects NADB’s Loan Programs for construction of all eligible sectors including water, wastewater, solid waste, air quality, and energy. Includes Bank’s role as financial & institutional advisor and as investment banker. Community Assistance Program (CAP) – Funding priority for water, wastewater, and solid waste project for economically-distressed communities; $500,000 maximum grant. Technical Assistance Programs for all sectors BECC and NADB provide grant assistance to project sponsors for institutional strengthening and project development studies. Institutional Capacity Building: BECC and NADB provide training to project sponsors for institutional strengthening through Sector workshops and Utility Management Institute.

• BECC supports capacity building during project development

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Projects in the Pipeline

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• Prj. ID

Project Name Cost (MD) Benefited Population 642 Community of Tintown, City of Bisbee, AZ - Wastewater Collection system $1.39 112 730 Pirtleville and Bay Acres Colonias, Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project $8.28 19,392 761 Drinking Water Quality Improvement (Arsenic Removal) in Pomenere, AZ $0.62 375 759 Wastewater Collection System Extension to Sulger Subdivision in Sierra Vista, AZ $3.50 390 757 Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements in Willcox, AZ $7.20 3,900 779 Drinking Water Project San Luis AZ $0.61 30,607 Total 7 Under Development Projects $21.60 1,035,039

Presence in Em erging Them es

• Renewable Energy Projects
• Potential Renewable Energy Projects in the

Border States

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• BECC signed agreements to collaborate in Border 2020, with EPA (Regions

9 & 6), starting in 2005. In addition to Logistical support for NCM, RWG and Task Force meetings, BECC has become the operational arm of the program for project implementation, performing all the related tasks, from the Request for Proposals, to Evaluation/Selection of projects, grant management and project supervision and of course, reporting of all these activities.

BECC’S Role in Border 2 0 2 0

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BORDER 2020 PROJECTS

• Projects (2005 – 2012)
• EPA funds for Border 2020 and other

related projects

– Total = US$ 9,866,541

• Benefitted population (Est.)

– Total = 11.5 million people

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CHIH NM COAH NL TX TAMS BC CA AZ SON TOTAL 1 Water

3 1 2 2 7 1 3 2 21

2 Air

2 1 1 1 2 14 3 1 9 36

3 Land

4 1 1 2 9 10 15 2 3 8 55

4 Environmental Health

4 2 1 6 3 4 6 4 3 32

5 Emergency Response

2 2 3 1 2 5 15

6 Environmental Performance

1 1 2 5 1 1 2 13 14 6 2 3 22 19 48 14 14 29 172

GOAL

Prom oting Public Policies

• Needs Assessments
• Renewable Energy

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Needs Assessm ents

The U.S. –Mexico border region needs assessment is focused on defining the lack of access to centralized water and wastewater services as well as to evaluate service needs in the sectors of solid waste and air quality within the 100km border region (U.S.) and potable water, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment and management of municipal solid waste (MX).

State # of Municipalities Drinking Water Infrastructure Sewer Infrastru cture Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Solid Waste Infrastructure Total

Baja California 5 42.81 56.51 85.70 108.09 293.10 Sonora 58 23.12 22.91 156.14 26.01 228.18 Chihuahua 46 23.60 24.85 105.03 59.83 213.31 Coahuila 35 23.34 37.35 198.28 31.47 290.44 Nuevo Leon 50 46.93 33.28 14.01 96.64 190.86 Tamaulipa s 30 35.95 77.91 98.91 39.64 252.42 TOTALS: 224 195.74 252.81 658.07 361.69 $1,468.31 MD

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Current Participation in the Sector

• Project Development and Certification
• Strong capacity in developing legal and technical framework for projects
• Credibility in sector and with states and municipalities
• Strategies against the climate change – PEAC
• Close coordination with federal (SEMARNAT-INE) and State authorities
• Identification of funding sources – US AID, BID;
• Submitted an application to USAID under GDA for PEAC in Sonora

and Baja California; Discussion under MLEDS as well

• Strategic initiatives
• Sustainable urban housing developments
• Sustainable school buildings
• Capacity building (institutional strengthening) at all levels – “Best practices”
• Special Projects Development
• Solar Project – Los Alisos, Nogales, Son. WWTP
• Water and energy audits / Benchmarking

BECC and NADB: Renew able Energy

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Contact: Steve Pacheco

Project Manager spacheco@cocef.org

BECC/COCEF, Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mexico  915-209-7852; 1-877-277-1703

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