Main Stakeholder Consultation Report
Clean Development Mechanism
1. Title of the CDM Project Activity
AVG Waste Gas Electricity Generation Project
Public Consultation Period: from August, 3rd 2009 to August 13th 2009
Language used in the Public Consultation: Portuguese / English
Project Proponent: AVG Siderurgia Ltda.
Rod. BR-040 km 468 – Sete Lagoas, MG Brazil
Consultancy Company:
MundusCarbo Soluções Ambientais e Projetos de Carbono Ltda.
R. Sebastião Fabiano Dias, 210 – sala 1102 – Belvedere – Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
1. Invitation Procedure:
According to the Gold Standard Foundation guidelines for stakeholder’s consultation in CDM project activities, civil and governmental entities involved in the Initial Stakeholder Consultation were again contacted through e-mail for a new round of comments collection about the project. Additionally, international NGO’s that support The Gold Standard Foundation were also invited to send comments as well as the Gold Standard Latin American representative and its secretariat in Switzerland. The following documents were sent along with the invitation e-mail:
- Project Design Document - Version 3, in Portuguese and English; - Gold Standard Passport, also in Portuguese and English;
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- Non-Technichal Summary in Portuguese, containing updated information about the Project.
The content of the e-mail sent to stakeholders is reported below:
“Dear Gentleman/Madam,
This e-mail is being sent as part of Main Stakeholder Consultation of the "AVG Waste Gas Eletricity Generation Project - Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brasil", as requirements of the Gold Standard Foundation.
The attached documents were updated along the Validation process, which is being conducted by Bureau Veritas (BV) Certification Company.
Any additional comment you might have in respect of this project, it will be of interest for us to register and analyze it. This consultation will be open until August 13th 2009.
Please contact us by phone (number below) or in response to this e-mail if you have any further question.
Best regards,
MundusCarbo Environmental Solutions & Carbon Projects Phone: +55 31 2535-1235”
A MundusCarbo representative was prepared to receive and respond to additional comments or any other questions that could be forwarded concerning the proposed project.
Table 1 below shows the entities involved on Main Stakeholder Consultation:
Table 1: Invited Entities to Main Stakeholder Consultation
Nome Responsável E-mail Endereçado a:
1 Sete Lagoas Municipality
Leone Maciel Fonseca – Mayor prefeito@setelagoas.mg.gov.br Leone Maciel Fonseca
2 Sete Lagoas Legislative Chamber
Gilmar Antão – President comunicacao@camarasete.mg.gov.br Comunication Sector of Sete Lagoas Legislative Chamber
3 Sete Lagoas Environmental Department
Ênio Eduardo da Silva – Secretary Elizabeth Regina – Advisor
semmasetelagoas@gmail.com Ênio Eduardo da Silva
4 State Foundation for Environment – FEAM / SEMAD
Zuleika Torquetti – Environmental Quality Director
Antônio Malard – Audit Manager Elisete Gomide Dutra – Air Quality Coordinator
zuleika.torquetti@meioambiente.mg.gov.br elisete.gomides@meioambiente.mg.gov.br
Zuleika Torquetti Elisete Gomide Dutra
NGOs and Social Movements for the Environment and Sustainable Development
Manager
6 State Prosecutor Alceu Torres – General Attorney alceutorres@mp.mg.gov.br Alceu Torres 7 Federal Prosecutor Federal Attorney for the
Environment
4camara@pgr.mpf.gov.br 4th Chamber – Environment
and Cultural Heritage of the Federal Prosecutor 8 Gold Standard
Foundation
Gold Standard Foundation Secretariat
info@cdmgoldstandard.org Gold Standard Foundation
Secretariat 9 Gold Standard
Foundation Representative in Latin America
Mauro Fadda mauro@cdmgoldstandard.org Mauro Fadda
10 Engineers
Association of Sete Lagoas
Luciano Mascarenhas Barrios – President
ase@ase.org.br Engineers Association of
Sete Lagoas (General)
11 Commercial and Industrial
Association of Sete Lagoas
Francisco José L’Abbate Neto – President
acisel@acisel.com.br Commercial and Industrial
Association of Sete Lagoas (General)
12 Industrial
Association of the State of Minas Gerais – FIEMG
Wagner Soares Costa – Environmental Manager
costaw@fiemg.com.br Wagner Soares Costa
13 Association of Pig Iron Producers – SINDIFER
Paulino Cícero de Vasconcelos – President
sindifer@sindifer.com.br Paulino Cícero de
Vasconcelos
14 Association of the Mineral Industries of Minas Gerais – SINDIEXTRA
José Fernando Coura – President sindiextra@fiemg.com.br José Fernando Coura
15 COPAM Counselors on the Velhas River Basin Regional Office
Shelley de Souza Carneiro – Presidente
jmayrink@uai.com.br José Flávio Mayrink
(COPAM – URC Velhas Superintendent)
16 NGO Olhos D’Agua Institute
Ieda Dias Campelo – President iedacampelo@hotmail.com Ieda Dias Campelo
17 NGO Terra Viva Institute
Ricardo Terra – Presidente ricardo@iterraviva.org.br Ricardo Terra
18 NGO WWF Brasil Álvaro de Souza – Board President of WWF Brasil
elizabeth@wwf.org.br Elizabeth (Director
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19 NGO Greenpeace Brasil
Marcelo Furtado – Executive Director of Greenpeace in Brazil
mfurtado@dialb.greenpeace.org Marcelo Furtado
20 Community Members
Wanderson Antônio Ferreira da Silva
Waimer Fonseca Nascimento
www.wandersonferreira1500@hotmail.com.br waimerfn@yahoo.com.br Wanderson Antônio Ferreira da Silva Waimer Fonseca Nascimento 21 State Forestry Institute - IEF
João Alfredo Balieiro jab@ief.mg.gov.br João Alfredo Balieiro
22 Promove College Students
Maria Reginalda Marques da Silva Luís Cláudio Octaviano de Alvarenga
Theikeanny Fontes Pantaleão Ronan Pereira Alves
Gisele Silva Santana
naldinhabarrominas@yahoo.com.br luizclaudioalvarenga@hotmail.com theikeanny@oi.com.br
rpalvess@yahoo.com.br giselesl@bol.com.br
Maria Reginalda Marques da Silva
Luís Cláudio Octaviano de Alvarenga
Theikeanny Fontes Pantaleão Ronan Pereira Alves
Gisele Silva Santana 23 Teacher of
University Center of Sete Lagoas
Daniela Almeida R. Torres raposo@unifemm.edu.br Daniela Almeida R. Torres
24 Regional
Superintendent of Environment – Alto São Francisco
Aline Faria Souza Trindade aline.trindade@semad.mg.gov.br Aline Faria Souza Trindade
25 Laundry Ciprioni (local enterprise)
George Marlon C. Machado georgecipriani@bol.com.br George Marlon C.
Machado
1. Public Consultation Procedure:
The Main Stakeholder Consultation started on August, 3rd 2009 when the invitation mails were sent to entities listed above. MundusCarbo staff waited comments from stakeholders through e-mail or telephone, until August, 13th 2009.
2. Summary of comments received
The Federal Prosecutor – Attorney's Office in Minas Gerais – sent a letter requesting detailed information about the Project. In response, MundusCarbo staff came into contact with de Local Prosecutor in order to schedule a face meeting in which information would be given. The Prosecutor
opted not to perform the face meeting and
press and electronic versions, to be forwarded to the representative of Sete Lagoas Municipality. So, in addition to
following documents were also delivered:
- Information about the Initial Stakeholder Consultation local newspaper, non-technical summary and Consulta - Other Project-Related Documents
Construction and related conditions, and Agency of Electric Energy - ANEEL
- Information about the goals of projects in such institution.
Besides the above request, made by Federal Prosecutors, stakeholders were received until the
will remain available to receive any further comments beyond the deadline and questions related to this project activity.
João Marcelo Horta Mendes
Administrative and Quality Management +55 31 2535-1235 / +55 31 9185
joao@munduscarbo.com
face meeting and requested that the documentation to be forwarded to the representative of . So, in addition to the documentation previously
also delivered:
Stakeholder Consultation process (copies of technical summary and Consultation Report);
Related Documents (Environmental License for the related conditions, and the Thermoelectric Registration
ANEEL);
the Gold Standard Foundation and information about the
Besides the above request, made by Federal Prosecutors, no additional comments from until the date of completion of this Report. However,
available to receive any further comments beyond the deadline and roject activity.
Management 1235 / +55 31 9185-8476
that the documentation be formally delivered in to be forwarded to the representative of the Federal Prosecutor in previously delivered by e-mail, the
copies of invitation published in
for the Thermoelectric Plant Registration Letter from the National
Foundation and information about the registered
additional comments from However, MundusCarbo staff available to receive any further comments beyond the deadline and to answer any other
