PULP MILLS (JUDGMENT) 37 pared a plan for monitoring water quality in the area of the pulp mills (hereinafter the “PROCEL” plan from the Spanish acronym for “Plan de Monitoreo de la Calidad Ambiental del Río Uruguay en Areas de Plantas Celulósicas”). CARU approved the plan on 12 November 2004. 36. On 28 November 2005, Uruguay authorized preparatory work to begin for the construction of the CMB (ENCE) mill (ground clearing). On 28 March 2006, the project’s promoters decided to halt the work for 90 days. On 21 September 2006, they announced their intention not to build the mill at the planned site on the bank of the River Uruguay. C. Orion (Botnia) Mill 37. The second industrial project at the root of the dispute before the Court was undertaken by “Botnia S.A.” and “Botnia Fray Bentos S.A.” (hereinafter “Botnia”), companies formed under Uruguayan law in 2003 specially for the purpose by Oy Metsä-Botnia AB, a Finnish company. This second pulp mill, called “Orion” (hereinafter the “Orion (Botnia)” mill), has been built on the left bank of the River Uruguay, a few kilometres downstream of the site planned for the CMB (ENCE) mill, and also near the city of Fray Bentos (see sketch-map No. 2 on p. 35). It has been operational and functioning since 9 November 2007. 38. After informing the Uruguayan authorities of this industrial project in late 2003, the project promoters submitted an application to them for an initial environmental authorization on 31 March 2004 and supplemented it on 7 April 2004. Several weeks later, on 29 and 30 April 2004, CARU members and Botnia representatives met informally. Following that meeting, CARU’s Subcommittee on Water Quality and Pollution Control suggested on 18 June 2004 that Botnia expand on the information provided at the meeting. On 19 October 2004, CARU held another meeting with Botnia representatives and again expressed the need for further information on Botnia’s application to DINAMA for an initial environmental authorization. On 12 November 2004, when approving the water quality monitoring plan put forward by the CARU Subcommittee on Water Quality and Pollution Control (see paragraph 35 above), CARU decided, on the proposal of that subcommittee, to ask Uruguay to provide further information on the application for an initial environmental authorization. CARU transmitted this request for further information to Uruguay by note dated 16 November 2004. 39. On 21 December 2004 DINAMA held a public hearing, attended 27