Environmental Technologies Industries

Environmental Technologies Industries

Market Plans

Mexico Environmental Export Market Plan

Table of Contents/Abbreviations and Acronyms

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1 Economic, Political, and Financial Issues

2 Environmental Policies and Trends

3 The Market for Environmental Technologies

4 Legal and Regulatory Framework

5 The Water Sector

6 Solid Waste

7 Hazardous Waste

8 Air Pollution Monitoring and Control

9 Services

10 Financing Programs and Resources

11 Government Programs

Appendices
Appendix A: Project List
Appendix B: In-Country Contacts
Appendix C: Helpful Documents
Appendix D: Summary of the National Crusade for Forests and Water
Appendix E: U.S.-Mexico Business and Trade Community: The Seven Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the 21st Century

Abbreviations and Acronyms

APAZU Programa de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamientos en Zonas Urbanas (Potable Water Program for Urban Zones)

BANCOMEXT Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (National Foreign Trade Bank)

BANOBRAS Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (National Bank for Public Works)

BECC Border Environmental Cooperation Commission

BEIF Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund

BOD biological oxygen demand

BOT build-operate-transfer

CAM Comisión Ambiental Metropolitana (Metropolitan Environmental Commission)

CANCINTRA Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación (National Chamber of the Manufacturing Industry)

CCE Consejo Coordinator Empresarial (Business Coordination Council)

CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation

CESPEDES Centro de Estudios del Sector Privado para el Desarrollo Sustentable (Private-Sector Center for Studies toward Sustainable Development)

CETES Certificados de la Tesorería de la Federación (Mexican Treasury Certificates)

CFE Comisión Federal de Electricidad (National Electricity Commission)

CIMARI Centros Integrales para el Manejo y Aprovechamiento de Residuos Industriales (integrated centers for treatment and disposal of hazardous waste)

CIMEX Conservación Internacional de Mexico (Conservation International Mexico)

CNA Comisión Nacional del Agua (National Water Commission)

CNG compressed natural gas

CO carbon monoxide

CONAGUA Comisión Nacional del Agua (National Water Commission, currently CNA)

CONCAMIN Confederación de Cámaras Industriales (Confederation of Industrial Chambers)

CONIECO Consejo Nacional de Industriales Ecologistas (National Council of Environmental Industries)

COPARMEX Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Confederation of Mexican Employers)

DGCOH Dirección General de Construcción y Operación Hidráulica (General Directorate for Construction and Operation of Hydraulics)

EPC engineering, procurement, and construction

ETI Environmental Technologies Industries (U.S. Department of Commerce)

FINFRA Fondo de Inversión en Infraestructura (Fund for Infrastructure Investments)

FMCN Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (Mexican Nature Conservation Fund)

FORTEM Programa de Fortalecimiento de Estados y Municipos (Program for Strengthening State and Municipal Authorities)

GDP gross domestic product

G25 group of environmental experts

Haztraks Hazardous Waste Tracking System

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IBWC International Boundary and Water Commission

IDB Inter-American Development Bank

IFC International Finance Corporation

IMECA Indice Metropolitano de la Calidad del Aire (Metropolitan Index for Air Quality)

IMI International Market Insights

IMTA Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua (Mexican Institute for Water Technologies)

INE Instituto Nacional de Ecología (National Institute of Ecology)

ISA Industry Sector Analysis

JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

kg/d kilograms per day

LIBOR London interbank offered rate

lps liters per second

m3/s cubic meters per second

mg/l milligrams per liter

ml/l milliliters per liter

NAFINSA Nacional Financiera (Mexican government-owned bank)

NACEC North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

NADBank North American Development Bank

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NO2 nitrogen dioxide

NOMs Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (Mexican Official Regulations)

O3 Ozone

OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund

OOMAPAS Organismo Operador Municipal de Aqua Potable y Saneamiento (Municipal Water

and Sewer Operating Body)

PAN Partido de Acción Nacional (National Action Party)

Pb lead

PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls

PDAP Project Development Assistance Program

PEMEX Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexico’s governmment-owned petroleum company)

PM2.5 particles under 2.5 microns

PM10 particles under 10 microns

PPM particles per million

PRI Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party)

PROAIRE Programa para Mejorar la Calidad del Aire en el Valle de México (program for improvement of air quality)

PROFEPA Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Office of the Attorney General for Environmental Protection)

PVEM Partido Verde Ecologista de México (Mexican Green Environmental Party)

REXEMAR Red Mexicana de Manejo de Residuos (National network between the federal government, waste generators, research centers, and local authorities)

SADM Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey (Monterrey water utility)

SAGARPA Secretaría de Agricultura, Gandería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle Raising, Rural Development, Fisheries, and Feeding)

SCT Secretaría de Communicaciones y Transportes (Secretariat for Communications and Transportation)

SEDESOL Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Secretariat for Social Development)

SEMARNAP Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y Pesca (Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries, now SEMARNAT)

SEMARNAT Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources)

SHCP Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (Secretariat of Finance)

SIAPA Sistema Intermunicipal de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (Intercity Drinking Water and Sanitation System)

SIASPA Sistema Integral de Administración de la Seguridad Industrial y la Protección Ambiental (Integrated Management System for Safety and Environmental Protection)

SIMEPRODESO Sistema Metropolitano de Procesamiento de Desechos Sólidos (Metropolitan Solid Waste Processing System)

SINAICA Sistema Nacional de Información de la Calidad del Aire (National Information System on Air Quality)

SIP State Implementation Plan

SO2 sulfur dioxide

TSP total suspended particles

TSS total suspended solids

UN United Nations

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. DOC U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. ExIm U.S. Export-Import Bank

U.S. TDA U.S. Trade and Development Agency

VOCs volatile organic compounds

Note:

Unless otherwise noted, dollar figures given in the text represent U.S. dollars. The exchange rate was calculated at 10 Mexican pesos to the U.S. dollar.