Mexico - Pollution Control Project

Document of go% The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 3816b-ME STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT MEXICO POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT April 28, 1982 Projects Department Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office bTU doeument has a restrted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the perfernnWe of their official dutie. Io entents may net otherwise be disclosed witot World Bsak dosriatls.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = Peso (Mex$) The Mexican peso is adjusted on a floating basis. the Central Bank withdrew from the exchange market on February 18, 1982. Immediately prior to that date, the exchange rate was 26.9 pesos US dollar. In recent weeks, the peso has traded around 46 pesos per dollar. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ACF Index of Average Cost of Funds to Multipurpose Banks CANACINTRA Camara Nacional de la Industria de Transformacion CFEI Comision Federal de Electricidad (National Electricity Commission) CO Carbon Monoxide CONALEP Colegio Nacional de Educacion Profesional y Tecnica DGEP Directorate General for Ecology Protection and Management of SARH DGHS Directorate General for Health Impact Studies DGSA Directorate General for Sanitary Air of SSA DGSW Directorate General for Sanitary Water of SSA DGSWC Directorate General for Solid Wastes Control and Special Programs FIDEIN Fideomiso de Conjuntos, Parques, Ciudades Industriales y Centros Comerciales FOGAIN Fondo de Garantia y Fomento a la Industria Mediana y Pequena FONEI Fondo de Equipamiento Industrial (Industrial Equipment Fund) FONAPRECA Fondo Nacional Para Prevenir y Controlar la Contamination Ambiental (National Fund for Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution) HC Hydrocarbons IMEXCA Indice Mexicana de la Calidad del Aire (Mexican Air Quality Index) NAFINSA Nacional Financiera, S.A. NIDP National Industrial Development Plan PEMEX Petroleos Mexicanos ppm parts per million SAHOP Secretaria de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Publicas (Ministry of Human Settlements and Public Works) SARH Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulicos (Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources) SECOM Secretaria de Comercio (Ministry of Commerce) SEPAFIT