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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