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For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth!
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"ECODEFENSE!inform"environmental inform-bulletin * number 27-28
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.............................................* SEPTEMBER 1994 *
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"ECODEFENSE!"
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Moskovsky prospekt 120-34
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236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg
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Russia
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telephone +7 0112 437286
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E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org
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CONTENT
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NEWS
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Organization
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CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA
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Attention
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS
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Plan'95
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NG0 - FORUM 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT
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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts September 15, 1994, Pakistan
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confirms having M-11 missiles as US warns of sanctions: Press
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Trust of India news agency, New Delhi, 8 Sep 94: Pakistan has
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confirmed it has Chinese M-11 missiles capable of carrying
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nuclear devices
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Election result won't affect German nuclear plans By J.
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Terence Gallagher BONN, Sept 18 (Reuter) - Germany's main
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political parties have drawn their battle lines over nuclear
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energy but the country's policy is unlikely to change quickly
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Sept. 19, 1994 Germany RESEARCH MINISTRY TO PUSH
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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS WASHINGTON (BNA) -- The
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German Research Ministry Aug. 24 unveiled the new "Production
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2000" program aimed at developing environmentally friendly
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09/19 Germany urges world action on nuclear trafficking
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VIENNA, Sept 19 (Reuter) - Germany expressed growing concern
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on Monday over trafficking in weapons-grade nuclear material
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and demanded the world act urgently against a black market
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trade. The call came at
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09/19 Russia-German experts discuss nuclear security BONN,
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Sept 19 (Reuter) - A battle by Russia and Germany to fight
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nuclear smuggling topped the agenda for talks on Monday
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between top security chiefs of both states. Russia's
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counter-intelligence boss
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Sept 19, 1994 Marine Pollution INTERNATIONAL BEACH CLEANUP NETS
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15 NEW COUNTRIES, INCLUDING POLAND, LITHUANIA WASHINGTON (BNA)
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Volunteers from 39 countries cleaned up debris along 5,572
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miles of ocean and inland shoreline, a report by the Center
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for Marine
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The environmental group Clean Izhora, is organizing a
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Scientific-Practical Conference to be held October 4-7, 1994
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in Sankt-Petersburg. The conference will cover environmental
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education, radio-ecology, radio-biology, the fundamentals of
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dosimetry and radiation and chemical monitoring. To attend,
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send name, date and place of birth, passport number and fax
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number to: Organizational Committee, e-mail:
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izhora@lnpi.spb.su ; fax +7 812 7137196; contact: Stella
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Miroshkina tel.+7 812 7139238 or Tanya Baranova tel.+7 812
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7146494 (Source: Surviving Together no.3 1994)
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CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA
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CFE Foundation intends to open a liaison office in Scandinavia
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to coordinate efforts aimed at the problem of CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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DUMPED IN THE NORTH EUROPEAN SEAS. The Foundation is currently
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SEEKING PARTNERS IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK OR OTHER NORTH
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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - research centers, NGOs, corporations,
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publications, individuals - interested in the CFE's PROGRAMS:
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-THREAT ASSESSMENT(1): 300,000 tons of sunk chemical weapons
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and the risks of contamination for the human population;
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THREAT ASSESSMENT (2): toxic effect on sealife and biological
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chains, genetical consequences; -DATA BASE: exact locations of
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dumping sites, dates of dumping operations, earlier research
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findings, facts of leakage, state of corrosion, other details;
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-TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: developments in technologies,
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instruments, equipment, monitoring systems, weapon destruction
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processes, know-how applicable to the problem of dumped CW;
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-RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS: bulletins, articles, conferences,
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public support actions, fund-raising, pre-caution measures.
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For more information, please contact CFE's main office in
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Moscow or USA:
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MAIN OFFICE (Moscow): U.S. OFFICE:
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Fax (7095) 202 0816 Fax (1717) 876 6199
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E-mail: CFE@glas.apc.org E-mail: NIER@aol.com
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS
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* ESTONIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
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RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising an ECU
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48,844,636 (US$58,613,563) Tallinn Water and Environment
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project. The project will make possible new investments and
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rehabilitation in water treatment, groundwater abstraction,
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water distribution network, sewage network and wastewater
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treatment. It will also include restructuring of waterworks
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into an independent water company. A twinning arrangement
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between Tallinn waterworks and Helsinki waterworks will be
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utilized to secure long-term technical assistance in project
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implementation and company restructuring. Contact: EBRD, One
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Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44- 71-338-6000, fax
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+44-71-338-6100
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* LATVIA * The WORLD BANK is preparing for a US$50
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million Energy Rehabilitation project which is likely to
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include: a) rehabilitation of the suburban Riga and Jelgava
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district heating network, through leakage abatement and repair
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and installation of flow control facilities; and b) a pilot
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program for conversion of small heating boilers to domestic
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fuels. The project will aim to improve the efficiency and
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reliability of Latvian energy production and distribution, and
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will also promote policy and institutional reforms in the
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energy sector. The implementing agency for the project will be
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the Latvian Ministry of Economy. Contact: Mr. Salem Ouahes,
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Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2430, fax (202) 477-3285
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* LITHUANIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
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RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is preparing an ECU
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61,726,738 (US$74,627,626) Kaunas Environmental project to
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improve environmental conditions in the Neris and Nemunas
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rivers, the Curonian Bay and the Baltic by introducing
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waste-water treatment in and improved sewage collection from
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the City of Kaunas; to improve water quality supply and system
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efficiency by extension of well fields and rehabilitation of
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network and facilities; and to restructure, streamline, and
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corporatize the water enterprise. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange
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Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax
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+44-71-338-6100
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The WORLD BANK is preparing for three projects in Latvia. The
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first, a US$7 million Coastal Environment project that will
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assist in developing wastewater treatment in Klaipeda with a
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view to improving local beaches to promote tourism, is
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presently being appraised in the field. The implementing
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agency will be the Environmental Protection Directorate
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General. The second project, a US$30 million Agriculture
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project, would support reform and restructuring of the
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agriculture and forestry sectors through policy reforms and
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investments. Its implementing agency would be the Lithuanian
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Ministry of Agriculture. The third, a US$26.4 million Power
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Rehabilitation project, has been approved by World Bank
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Executive Directors. The project includes: a) rehabilitation
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of old units at existing thermal power plants; b)
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instrumentation and communications and control equipment, for
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the dispatch center and substations; and c) technical
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assistance. This project will be implemented by the Lithuania
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State Power System (LSPS) and the Lithuanian Ministry of
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Energy. Contact for the Coastal Environment project: Mr.
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Steven Lintner, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2508, fax (202)
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477-0568. Contact for the Agriculture project: Ms. Hoonae Kim,
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Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2550, fax (202) 522-0073. Contact
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for the Power Rehabilitation project: Mr. Achilles
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Adamantiades, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2417, fax (202)
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522-0078
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* POLAND * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
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RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising two
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projects: a) an ECU 68 million Gdansk Environmental Project,
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which phased out investment comprising waste-water collection
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and treatment, including sludges; and b) an ECU 100,800,000
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(US$121,867,200) Black Triangle Gas Conversion project which
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would replace coke oven gas with natural gas, expand and
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upgrade the gas transmission and distribution system of Lower
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Silesia, and construct the first interconnection of the Polish
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gas system with the western European network. The EBRD is also
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preparing for an ECU 59,800,000 (US$72,298,200) Lodz
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Environmental project, which would involve construction of a
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waste-water treatment plant (300,000 cubic meters/day) and
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completion of several main sewers. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange
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Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax
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+44-71-338-6100
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The WORLD BANK is negotiating two projects in Poland. The
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first, a US$45 million Katowice District Heating project, will
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include: a) investments to optimize the existing district
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heating method of Katowice, to enhance energy conservation and
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efficiency, and to reduce pollution; b) a local boiler
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elimination/conversion program; and c) technical assistance.
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The implementing agency in Poland for this project will be the
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Przedsiebiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej (PEC). The second project
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is a US$150 million Power Privatization project, which will
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create a Private Sector Investment Fund to help finance
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rehabilitation and environmental retrofitting investments in
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the Polish power sector under off-budget limited recourse
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financing arrangements with private investors. The Polish
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Power Grid Company will be the implementing agency. Contact
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for both projects: Mr. Hank Busc, Task Manager, tel. (202)
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473-2686, fax (202) 477-0069
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Source: Kompass Resource International 2/11 september'94
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the end in part B
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