ARP/ III-Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean up

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The Third ARP/Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean up Project for Azerbaijan development objective is to improve: (i) State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) capacity and effectiveness in environmental management and in cleaning up of oil polluted land in the Absheron Peninsula; and (ii) the quality of soil conditions in oil polluted lands cleaned up under the project. This project is one of several operations which the Bank will finance to support environmental clean up activities in the Absheron Peninsula of Azerbaijan. It is the first phase of potential longer-term support by the World Bank to SOCAR in developing and implementing its environmental agenda. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is large scale oil contaminated land clean-up. This component will finance the purchase of multiple units of semi-mobile soil washing equipment and provide technical assistance to SOCAR with the goal of cleaning up approximately 1,000 - 2,000 ha of oil polluted land. The second component of the project is monitoring, communication, and public outreach. This component will finance independent monitoring and supervision to the clean-up operation, and promote public awareness of environmental clean-up challenges and activities supported by the project. The third component of the project is operational costs and project management.