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Report

The Summary Report is the document that starts the administrative proceedings for the Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Refineria Balboa Project, as established by Law 6/2001 of Environmental Impact Evaluation.

This document lays out all the technical and environmental information that has been compiled up to the present date and lays the foundations on which the Environmental Impact Evaluation will be developed.

Its aim is to inform the administrations, organisations and general public who might be involved in or affected by the project. For this reason the Ministry for the Environment (the organism responsible for processing the document) sends copies to all of the above.

Presented below is the Contents Index of the Summary Report for the Oil Refinery Installation Project in Extremadura:

SECTION 1. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

1. 1. INTRODUCTION. AIMS AND METHODOLOGY

2. SUMMARY
     2.1 LOCATION
     2.2 TECHNOLOGY
     2.3 ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT OF REFINERY
     2.4 ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT OF ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURES

3. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
     3.1 PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS
     3.2 GLOBAL CONTEXT
     3.3 NATIONAL CONTEXT
     3.4 CURRENT GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SPANISH PRODUCTION
     3.5 INLAND LOCATION VS. COASTAL LOCATION
     3.6 LOCATION IN EXTREMADURA

4. PROJECT SITUATION
     4.1 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES
     4.2 PROPOSED SITUATION

SECTION 2. DESCRIPTION OF REFINERY

5. DESCRIPTION OF REFINERY
     5.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
     5.2 CONFIGERATION OF REFINERY
     5.3 DESCRIPTION OF REFINERY UNITS
     5.4 SECURITY
     5.5 PLOT-PLAN

6. ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS
     6.1 FUELS USED
     6.2 EMISSIONS FORECAST
     6.3 TECHNOLOGIES ADOPTED TO MINIMISE ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS

7. WATERWAY DISCHARGE
     7.1 SOUR WATER TREATMENT
     7.2 RESIDUAL WATER TREATMENT
     7.3 TREATMENT OF WATER FROM COKING PLANT
     7.4 EFFLUENT QUALITY

8. SOLID RESIDUES
     8.1 QUANITY AND TYPOLOGY OF RESIDUES
     8.2 INTEGRATED RESIDUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
     8.3 SOIL AND WATERTABLE CONTAMINATION

SECTION 3. ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURES

9. WATER SOURCE AND WATER DISPOSAL PIPES
     9.1 WATER REQUIREMENTS
     9.2 WATER SOURCE AND SUPPLY. ALTERNATIVES TO PROPOSED LAYOUT
     9.3 WATER DISPOSAL. ALTERNATIVES TO PROPOSED LAYOUT
     9.4 ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION OF WATER OPPORTUNITY COST

10. CRUDE OIL PIPELINE
     10.1 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
     10.2 PROPOSED PIPES
     10.3 STORAGE TERMINAL
     10.4 UNLOADING AND RECEPTION OF CRUDE

11. PRODUCT PIPELINES (MULTIPRODUCT PIPELINES)
     11.1 NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
     11.2 EXPORTATION

12. NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
     12.1 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
     12.2 PROPOSED LAYOUT

13. ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
     13.1 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
     13.2 PROPOSED LAYOUT

SECTION 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FORESEEN

14. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FORESEEN
     14.1 AREA OF STUDY TO CONSIDER
     14.2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF REFINERY
     14.3 IMPACT OF ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURES
     14.4 SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT
     14.5 POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

15. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS TO PROCESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION OF THE INSTALLATION AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURES

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