on 23 October 2013 and
attended by 622 people, with 19 exhibitors providing papers and
tion and the National Commission
responses to 63 questions given.
of Natural Protected Waters
• A monitoring center to measure the actual usefulness of bodies
along with the participation of
recovered over the next five
As a result, an Environmental
the federal, state and municipal
years will be established.
Impact Statement was approved
governments.
on 13 November. This was based
• A monitoring system will
on 87 specialized studies covering
It was agreed that the purpose of
hydrodynamics, geotechnical,
the University of Veracruz (Univer-
instrument that sends satellite
sediment transport, water quality,
sidad Veracruzana) environmental
measurements.
marine and wind currents, waves,
self-accreditation is:
flora and fauna. These studies were conducted for 10 years on the project site and in areas of
•
To environmentally evaluate the
influence.
•
• Installation of geotextile
meshes, fixed and mobile, as
implementation and operation
anti-dispersing solids to protect
of the project.
the coral community sediment barrier.
To oversee the monitoring program and environmental monitoring to verify compliance with their actions.
•
be installed with a real-time
To report annually to the new Technical Committee.
• Boundary fairway buoys will be provided to avoid groundings.
GROWING TOGETHER INTO THE FUTURE VERACRUZ PORT HANDBOOK 2015/2016
A
public consultation was held
PORT EXPANSION
NEW TERMINALS, MORE CAPACITY ON WAY
• Waste generated by underwater cutting and welding will be
collected and treated according to the regulations.
The Environmental Impact Statement established 92 mitigation measures including: Subsequently, a Technical Monitoring Committee was set up. This is composed of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, the National Polytechnic Institute, the Mexican Institute of Transporta-
• Creation of 350,000 square meters of artificial reefs.
•
• Use of biofuel. A major expansion of the Port of Veracruz was begun in November 2014 with a mix of public and private investment.
88,300 square meters of sea grasses reforested.
• Rescue and reef-building corals will be relocated.
Construction will be carried out in two phases: the first between 2014 and 2018 and the second between 2019 and 2030.
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