16 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AAP “Autorización Ambiental Previa” (initial environmental authorization) ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AOX Adsorbable Organic Halogens BAT Best Available Techniques (or Technology) Botnia “Botnia S.A.” and “Botnia Fray Bentos S.A.” (two companies formed under Uruguayan law by the Finnish company Oy Metsä-Botnia AB) CARU “Comisión Administradora del Río Uruguay” (Administrative Commission of the River Uruguay) CIS Cumulative Impact Study (prepared in September 2006 at the request of the International Finance Corporation) CMB Celulosas de M’Bopicuá S.A.” (a company formed under Uruguayan law by the Spanish company ENCE) CMB (ENCE) Pulp mill planned at Fray Bentos by the Spanish company ENCE, which formed the Uruguayan company CMB for that purpose DINAMA “Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente” (National Directorate for the Environment of the Uruguayan Government) ECF Elemental Chlorine-Free EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ENCE “Empresa Nacional de Celulosas de España” (Spanish company which formed the company CMB under Uruguayan law) ESAP Environmental and Social Action Plan GTAN “Grupo Técnico de Alto Nivel” (High-Level Technical Group established in 2005 by Argentina and Uruguay to resolve their dispute over the CMB (ENCE) and Orion (Botnia) mills) IFC International Finance Corporation IPPC-BAT Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Reference Document on Best Available Techniques in the Pulp and Paper Industry MVOTMA “Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente” (Uruguayan Ministry of Housing, Land Use Planning and Environmental Affairs) Orion (Botnia) Pulp mill built at Fray Bentos by the Finnish company Oy Metsä-Botnia AB, which formed the Uruguayan companies Botnia S.A. and Botnia Fray Bentos S.A. for that purpose OSE “Obras Sanitarias del Estado” (Uruguay’s State Agency for Sanitary Works) POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants PROCEL “Plan de Monitoreo de la Calidad Ambiental en el Río Uruguay en áreas de Plantas Celulósicas” (Plan for monitoring water quality in the area of the pulp mills set up under CARU) 6