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LAC-IEE-IO-26

ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD DECISION

Activity Location: Peru

Activity Title: Peru and Andean Trade Capacity Building

Activity Number: 527-0423

Life-of-Activity Funding:

Life-of-Activity: 01 September 2009 - 30 September 2014 lEE prepared by: Victor Merino; MEO/uSAID Peru

Reference ETDs and EA: LAC- IEE-09-61

Recommended Threshold Decision: Categorical Exclusion Negative Determination with Conditions

Bureau Threshold Decision: Categorical Exclusion Negative Determination with Conditions

Comments:

This Environmental Threshold Decision amends LAC-IEE-09-61 to add Results 9, 10 and 11 to the Peru and Andean Trade Capacity Building activity, increasing the funding level from million to , : million, and extending the life-of-activity through FY 2014.

A Categorical Exclusion is issued to Result 9 (Institutional, technical, and legal aspects of Peru's forest sector governance system are strengthened) of the Peru and Andean Trade Capacity Building Activity, pursuant to 22 CFR 216.2(c)(2):

(i) Education, Technical Assistance or Training programs except to the extent such programs include activities directly affecting the environment (such as construction of facilities, etc.);

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(iii) Analysis, studies, academic or research workshops and meetings;

(v) Document and information transfers;

(xiv) Studies, projects or programs intended to develop the capability of recipient countries to engage in development planning, except to the extent designed to result in activities directly affecting the environment (such as construction of facilities, etc.)

A Negative Determination with Conditions is issued to Result 10 (private investment in conservation increased to provide opportunities for sustainable management of resources and improved livelihoods) and Result 11 (Environmental management across selected sectors improved) activities.

Conditions include:

• For Result 10 activities, the implementing partner will use the recommended mitigation measures of the Forestry and Biodiversity Multi-Project Programmatic Environmental Assessment (FIBEA approved through LAC-EA-05-04) in workshops and technical assistance.

• For demonstration projects under Result II, the implementing partner will prepare an environmental analysis and mitigation and monitoring plan based on the F IBEA and appropriate mitigation procedures from the Government of Peru. These analyses and plans will be approved by the COTRIAOTR and MEO before the demonstration projects are implemented.

• For both Results 10 and 11, the implementing partners will develop also conduct an environmental analysis and a mitigation and monitoring plan to apply appropriate sections of the USAID LAC Environmental Guidelines for Development Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean (i.e., Chapter 4, Environmental Issues and Best Practices for Micro-finance Institutions and Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises) to their activities. These analyses and plans will be approved by the COTR! AOTR and MEO before these activities can be implemented. The LAC Environmental Guidelines are available at the following link in English:

http://www.usaid.gov/locationsllatinamericacaribbeanlenvironmentldocs/epiq.html.

Responsibilities:

• Each activity manager or Contracting/Agreement Officer Technical Representative (COTRI AOTR) is responsible for making sure environmental conditions are met (ADS 204.3.4). In addition, COTR!AOTRs are responsible for ensuring that appropriate environmental guidelines are followed, mitigation measures in the lEE are funded and implemented, and that adequate monitoring and evaluation protocols are in place to ensure implementation of mitigation measures.

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• It is the responsibility of the Strategic Objective (SO) Team to ensure that environmental compliance language from the ETD is added to procurement and obligating documents, such as activity-related Strategic Objective Grant Agreements (SOAGs) and Modified Acquisition and Assistance Request Documents (MAARDs).

• The Mission Environmental Officer will conduct spot checks to ensure that conditions in the IEE and this ETD are met. These evaluations will review whether guidelines are properly used to implement activities under this ETD in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner according to USAID and applicable U.S. Government policies and regulations.

• The implementing contractor or partner will ensure that all activities conducted under this instrument comply with this ETD. Also, through its regular reporting requirements, a section on environmental compliance (e.g. mitigation monitoring results) will be included.

Amendments

• Amendments to Initial Environmental Examinations (lEE) shall be submitted for LAC Bureau Environmental Officer (BEO) approval for any activities not specifically covered in the lEE, which include:

o Funding level increase beyond ETD amount, o Time period extension beyond ETD dates (even for no cost extension), or o A change in the scope of work, such as the use of pesticides or activities subject to Foreign Assistance Act sections 118 and 119 (e.g. procurement of logging equipment), among others.

• Amendments to lEEs include Environmental Assessments (EA or PEA) and approval of these documents by the LAC BEO could require an annual evaluation for environmental compliance.

Copy to:

Victor H. Bullen Bureau Environmental Officer Bureau for Latin America & the Caribbean

Andrew Herscowitz, Acting Mission Director, USAlDfPeru

Victor Merino, EGE, MEO Miriam Choy, PDP

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Attachments:

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Bruce Bayle, REA, USAID/Colombia

Karen Anderson, Mike Karbeling, David Johnston, LAC/SA lEE File

• Initial Environmental Examination amendment

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