Industrial Waste Management and Cleanup Project

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The Industrial Waste Management and Cleanup Project of Montenegro has an objective designed to reduce contamination of Montenegro’s natural resources and public health risks of exposure to this contamination from selected industrial waste disposal sites. The project consists of three components. The first component This component will finance the detailed design, construction, and supervision for the remediation of the Project Sites, including through the following measures: slope and dam stabilization; coverage; containment cells; in-site encapsulation; re-shaping; re-vegetation; drainage and other water management investments including groundwater management measures, if needed; and removal (including export) of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Component two will support the Borrower and industries involved with management of the Project Sites in managing future industrial hazardous waste generation in a manner compliant with national and EU legislation, in strengthening the Borrower’s institutional and regulatory capacities in the field of industrial hazardous waste management, and in exploring options for developing infrastructure for industrial hazardous waste disposal at the national level. Finally, component three This component will support Project management and capacity building at EPA, including establishment of the PMU, and support for project monitoring and evaluation, including establishment of a monitoring and evaluation system, funding of audits, training, equipment, consultants’ services, and incremental operating costs.