Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Egypt, Arab Republic of | Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy Global Practice | Global Environment Project | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 11 | ARCHIVED on 14-Dec-2019 | ISR39731 | Implementing Agencies: Egypt Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Arab Republic of Egypt Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 13-Jun-2014 Effectiveness Date: 08-Sep-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 18-Oct-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 21-Jan-2018 Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2018 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to improve the management and disposal of targeted stockpiles of obsolete pesticides, including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), in an environmentally sound manner. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Destruction of High Risk Stocks of Obsolete Pesticide:(Cost $3.83 M) Component 2: Decontamination of PCB-Containing Transformer Oils:(Cost $4.27 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Egypt Feature Story - A Cleaner Environment Leads to Better Health for the Residents of El-Saf City was just published to record the second key milestone for removal and disposal of obsolete POPs and POPs like chemicals at the El-Saf site. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/12/05/egypt-a-cleaner-environment-leads-to-better-health-for-the-residents-of-el-saf-city https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/news/feature/2019/12/05/egypt-a-cleaner-environment-leads-to-better-health-for-the-residents-of-el-saf-city The project closing date has been extended to Sept. 30, 2020 to allow completion of the project activities and meeting the targets of indicators, thereby, achieving the PDO. The project has been progressing well since the Jan. 2018 mid-term review mission. It is expected that component 1 will be completed by August 2020, however implementation of component 2 needs to be accelerated. 12/14/2019 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) 12/14/2019 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) mpaTable Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) Status mpaTableBody Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies -- Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program -- Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- High High Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial 12/14/2019 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Environment and Social -- Low Substantial Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve the management and disposal of POPs and high-risk obsolete pesticides IN00778574 ►POPs&pops waste destroyed,disposed or contained in environmentally sound manner (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 241.00 712.00 2,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 30-Nov-2019 30-Sep-2020 The first batch of 237 tons of obsolete pesticides (Lindane, a POP chemical) at Al-Adabeya Port and 4 tons (DDT and Dicofol) at El Saf and Bahteem storage sites were successfully exported by August 2017 by an international firm for destruction in France. The removal of second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides (471 tons, mainly Ametryn) at the El Saf site was also completed in July 2019 and the final disposal in the designated Sweden and France incineration facilities is ongoing (92% disposed of already). The PMU has also completed a video story recording the process and results which are highly satisfied by surrounding communities. The PMU proposed to dispose of the last batch of about 288 tons of OPs by a cement kiln co-processing technology as appropriate locally available in Egypt due to significantly increased (by 40%) disposal/incineration cost in France and Comments: Sweden. The PMU and MALR considered that this effort would also contribute to the country’s capacity and sustainability to manage and dispose of OPs in future. The PMU has prepared a feasibility report and the bidding process for demonstration of disposal of 110 tons of OPs by the cement kiln co-processing technology is ongoing. Identification of 1000 tons of PCB oils has been completed as of the Sept. 2019 mission, however, there is a likely risk that not all 1000 tons of PCB oils will be decontaminated as planned by September 2020 due to the feasibility study for decontamination took longer time than expected. The bidding process for purchasing three decontamination equipment will be initiated in Dec. 2019. IN00778575 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27,340.00 382,926.00 30,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 30-Nov-2019 30-Sep-2020 This indicator is over achieved already. The end target was under-estimated. The most obsolete POPs pesticides were stored at the Adabeya port, which is located at ATAKA district at Suez Governorate which is an Industrial/Residential area of 8827 km2 with total population of 27,340 inhabitant including 40% women. Therefore, roughly 27,340 people are the project beneficiaries from the removal of those POPs pesticides. The El Saff site is located among a residential area of El-Saff Town – Giza Governorate at about 52 Km to Comments: the south of Cairo. El Saff is a highly populated area of about 100 square kilometer where 356,586 inhabitant exist. OPs/POPs storage facility of 1000 m2 area is situated among a large barn store grain of 15,300 m2 owned by the Bank of Credit and Development. The site is surrounded by sensitive habitats of different types and of proximity of the store (from within the same area to 3.8km). These habitats were affected by the stored OPS/POPs for the past decades.The removal of the OPs from the store relieved this population from an extremely high risk forever. 12/14/2019 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) IN00778576 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 40.00 50.00 50.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Destruction of High Risk Stocks of Obsolete Pesticide IN00778577 ►Obsolete pesticides including POPs pesticides disposed of in an environmentally sound manner (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 241.00 712.00 1,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 30-Nov-2019 30-Sep-2020 Disposal of the first batch (241 tons) is completed. Disposal of the second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides at the El Saf site (about 440 tons - 350 tons was estimated earlier - 44% of the targeted 1000 tons) is ongoing. The contract was signed in July 2018 and removal is ongoing with the last 140 tons to be removed in June 2019. Comments: ESIAs for the last batch (320 or more tons, about 32% of the targeted 1000 tons) is being prepared, with the bidding process for disposal expected to be initiated in June or July 2019. IN00778579 ►Tracking system for management of obsolete pesticides operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 31-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 This indicator has been achieved. The tracking system for Obsolete Pesticides (OPs) has been established by the March 2019 mission. Now the MALR has only one place to report OPs. All OPs in the country are reported immediately to the central lab as per the Ministry instructions to all Directorates. The Ministry team that have been trained through on job training by Tauw goes to the reported storage to classify and identify the OPs and put them into the Comments: same database format developed by the project. In this way all OPs in the country is really controlled and tracked and they even report to add any new quantities they found. Also,MALR issued a Ministerial Decree of Regulating Agricultural Pesticide in Egypt in Feb. 2018 . This decree regulates and controls the OPs with clear procedures. IN00778581 ►Obsolete pesticides at El-Staff removed and disposed of (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 30-Nov-2019 30-Sep-2020 The removal of second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides (471 tons, mainly Ametryn) at the El Saf site was also completed in July 2019 and the final disposal in the designated Sweden and France incineration facilities is ongoing with 92% completed as reported by the contractor to the PMU. The PMU has also completed a video story recording the process and results which are highly satisfied by surrounding Comments: communities. 12/14/2019 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) IN00778582 ►Obsolete pesticides at Al-Adabeya removed and disposed of (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 30-Nov-2019 30-Sep-2020 This indicator has been achieved. POPs has been removed from the Al-Adabeya site under the first batch of disposal. There are also 15.92 tons of high-risk OP (non-POPs) at Al-Adabeya port, which will be removed/disposed of in the third batch - Comments: the PMU recently clarified that this 15.92 tons of high-risk OP is in Adabeya, but is located at a different place from the Al-Adabeya site. Therefore, this indicator is considered being met already. Component 2: Decontamination of PCB-Containing Transformer Oils IN00778578 ►PCB contaminated oils decontaminated (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 Decontamination of PCB oils has not been started. The Feasibility Study for decontamination options has been completed and the bidding process for purchasing the decontamination units has been initiated. Identification of 1000 tons of PCB oils has been completed as of the Sept. 2019 mission too. However, there is a likely risk that not all 1000 tons of PCB oils will be decontaminated as planned by September 2020, due to the feasibility study for decontamination took longer time than expected. The Sept. 2019 mission discussed options for speeding up decontamination of identified PCB oils and agreed Comments: that the PMU may consider, if the project budget allows, purchasing three decontamination units. The mission urged that MOEE should start to establish a qualified technical team, who will be trained by the equipment supplier as well and be ready for operating this equipment following the Environmental and Social Management Plan. IN00778580 ►Tracking system for management of PCBs operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 31-May-2019 31-May-2018 This indicator has been achieved. A bar code system has been used for labeling identified PCB transformers at five selected storage/screening lab sites, while the mission noted that improvements are needed at some sites. A project implementation unit has been established since January 2018 and a complete tracking system Comments: (see the mission AM Annex 3) on PCB transformers has been established in MOEE since March 2019. MOEE issued on June 23, 2018, a ban on sale of out-of-service transformers and oils without PCB testing, which would greatly help to reduce environmental and health risks of PCBs to the public. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 12/14/2019 Page 6 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P116230 TF-17336 Effective USD 8.10 8.10 0.00 4.66 3.44 58% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P116230 TF-17336 Effective 26-Aug-2014 26-Aug-2014 08-Sep-2014 30-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2020 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 14-Aug-2018 Related Project(s) P172373-Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project 12/14/2019 Page 7 of 7