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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 18–09]
Notice of Entering Into a Compact With
the Mongolia
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section
610(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003 as amended, and the
heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge
Corporation’’ of the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018, the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) is publishing a summary of the
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Millennium Challenge Compact
between the United States of America,
acting through MCC, and the country of
Mongolia. Representatives of MCC and
Mongolia signed the compact on July
27, 2018. The complete text of the
compact has been posted at: https://
assets.mcc.gov/content/uploads/
compact-mongolia-water.pdf.
Dated: August 9, 2018.
Thomas G. Hohenthaner,
Deputy Vice President and General Counsel,
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Summary of the Mongolia Compact
Overview of MCC Mongolia Compact
MCC’s five-year, $350 million
Millennium Challenge Compact with
the Government of Mongolia (the
‘‘Government’’) aims to reduce poverty
through economic growth by assisting
the Government in addressing one of the
country’s most binding constraints to
economic growth: Inadequate access to
water and sanitation in productive
sectors and poor communities. The
Compact will address this constraint
through a single project that aims to
increase the water supply to the capital
city, Ulaanbaatar.
The Compact will focus on addressing
problems within the water sector in
Ulaanbaatar, specifically the imminent
shortage of water that threatens
Ulaanbaatar’s economy and that could
begin to reduce the quality of life of its
residents as early as 2019. The city
currently draws its annual supply of 77
million cubic meters of drinking water
from groundwater aquifers along the
upper reaches of the Tuul River, which
flows through the city. Studies
supported by MCC indicate that any
additional extraction of the groundwater
aquifers upstream will diminish river
flow and cause portions of the river in
this area to run dry, thus making the
upper reaches of the river unavailable
for the development of future water
supplies. The groundwater aquifers
located along the reaches of the Tuul
River downstream from the city must
therefore support the city’s future needs.
However, poorly treated discharge from
the city’s outdated and overloaded
central wastewater treatment plant has
contaminated the Tuul River as it flows
downstream from the city, thereby
introducing potentially harmful
contaminants into these downstream
aquifers. The pollution of these aquifers
at a time of rapid growth in the demand
for water only makes the imminent
water crisis more acute.
Project Summary
The Compact will address the
constraint of long-term water supply to
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Ulaanbaatar through a Water Supply
Project, the objective of which is to meet
the projected demand for water in
Ulaanbaatar for residential consumers
and commercial and industrial users
over the medium term in ways that are
economically and environmentally
sustainable. The Water Supply Project is
composed of three activities:
• Downstream Wells Activity: This
activity involves expansion of the city’s
bulk water supply through the
construction of (i) approximately 52
new wells in two downstream wellfields
to supply up to 50 million cubic meters
of groundwater per year, (ii) associated
pipelines, transmission lines, and
pumps to convey the water, (iii) an
advanced water treatment plant to
produce water that meets drinking
standards, and (iv) storage facilities, a
pumping station and a conveyance
pipeline to transport finished drinking
water into the existing municipal water
network of Ulaanbaatar. The activity
includes advanced technology for
purification of the water to ensure that
water supplied to the city is safe and
potable.
• Wastewater Recycling Activity: This
activity involves a significant reduction
in the demand for fresh water through
the construction of (i) a wastewater
recycling plant designed to treat a
portion of the effluent from the central
wastewater treatment plant, (ii)
pumping stations and associated
pipelines to convey the recycled water
to water storage facilities near two large
combined heating and power plants,
and (iii) internal piping, storage
facilities and control systems to
facilitate the use of recycled wastewater
for certain processes within these
combined heating and power plants,
which are currently the city’s largest
consumers of freshwater. This activity
will substitute recycled water for at least
14 million cubic meters of freshwater
that the combined heating and power
plants consume each year, with an
expectation that the volume will
increase over time. The wastewater
recycling plant will be the first of its
kind in Mongolia, helping to pave the
path for efficient and responsible
management of the scarce water
resources of Ulaanbaatar.
• Water Sector Sustainability
Activity: This activity is designed to
enhance the long-term sustainability of
water supplies to the capital city
through critical policy, legal, regulatory
and institutional changes, with a
particular emphasis on achieving full
cost recovery and making improvements
in operations and maintenance. The
Water Sector Sustainability Activity
includes five sub-activities, which will
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support (i) utility-wide financial
sustainability and cost recovery, (ii)
utility cost savings and cost
containment for operation in the ger
areas, (iii) improved utility operational
efficiency, (iv) environmental
sustainability, industrial pre-treatment,
and pollution control, and (v) public
communications, stakeholder
engagement, and behavior change
demand for water well beyond the end
of the Compact.
interventions. This activity will help to
ensure that the benefits of the Compact
reach all citizens of Ulaanbaatar and are
sustained over the long term.
MCC estimates that the Water Supply
Project will add 64 million cubic meters
to Ulaanbaatar’s long-term supply of
water, an 83 percent increase in total
supply. MCC estimates this volume to
be sufficient to meet the city’s growing
Compact Budget
Table I presents the Compact budget
and sets forth both the MCC funding by
Compact components and the
Government’s expected $111.76 million
in a country contribution toward the
objectives of the Compact.
TABLE I—MONGOLIA COMPACT BUDGET
[In US$ millions]
Program
funding under
section 605
Compact
development
funding under
section 609(g)
1. Water Supply Project
1.1 Downstream Wells Activity ............................................................................................
1.2 Wastewater Recycling Activity ......................................................................................
1.3 Water Sector Sustainability Activity ......................................................................................
$223.50
40.95
17.04
$16.00
2.25
2.96
$239.50
43.20
20.00
Subtotal .........................................................................................................................
2. Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................................................................
3. Program Administration and Oversight ...................................................................................
281.49
10.33
30.12
21.21
0.03
6.82
302.70
10.36
36.94
MCC Funding .........................................................................................................
321.94
28.06
350.00
MCC funding by compact components
federal agencies publish in the Federal
Register a notice of the existence and
Total MCC Funding ..............
$350.00 character of records it maintains that are
Government of Mongolia
retrieved by an individual identifier.
Contribution .......................
111.76 This is a republication after full review
by OMB.
Total Compact ...............
461.76
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 14, 2018. This action will be
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Consumer Affairs Director, or Matthew
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Financial Protection, Consumer
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Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (Regarding
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National Credit Union Administration,
1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia
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and retrieved by examination personnel.
The NCUA–12 system of records
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 18-09]
Notice of Entering Into a Compact With the Mongolia
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 610(b)(2) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 as amended, and the heading ``Millennium
Challenge Corporation'' of the Department of State, Foreign Operations,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018, the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is publishing a summary of the Millennium Challenge
Compact between the United States of America, acting through MCC, and
the country of Mongolia. Representatives of MCC and Mongolia signed the
compact on July 27, 2018. The complete text of the compact has been
posted at: https://assets.mcc.gov/content/uploads/compact-mongolia-water.pdf.
Dated: August 9, 2018.
Thomas G. Hohenthaner,
Deputy Vice President and General Counsel, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
Summary of the Mongolia Compact
Overview of MCC Mongolia Compact
MCC's five-year, $350 million Millennium Challenge Compact with the
Government of Mongolia (the ``Government'') aims to reduce poverty
through economic growth by assisting the Government in addressing one
of the country's most binding constraints to economic growth:
Inadequate access to water and sanitation in productive sectors and
poor communities. The Compact will address this constraint through a
single project that aims to increase the water supply to the capital
city, Ulaanbaatar.
The Compact will focus on addressing problems within the water
sector in Ulaanbaatar, specifically the imminent shortage of water that
threatens Ulaanbaatar's economy and that could begin to reduce the
quality of life of its residents as early as 2019. The city currently
draws its annual supply of 77 million cubic meters of drinking water
from groundwater aquifers along the upper reaches of the Tuul River,
which flows through the city. Studies supported by MCC indicate that
any additional extraction of the groundwater aquifers upstream will
diminish river flow and cause portions of the river in this area to run
dry, thus making the upper reaches of the river unavailable for the
development of future water supplies. The groundwater aquifers located
along the reaches of the Tuul River downstream from the city must
therefore support the city's future needs. However, poorly treated
discharge from the city's outdated and overloaded central wastewater
treatment plant has contaminated the Tuul River as it flows downstream
from the city, thereby introducing potentially harmful contaminants
into these downstream aquifers. The pollution of these aquifers at a
time of rapid growth in the demand for water only makes the imminent
water crisis more acute.
Project Summary
The Compact will address the constraint of long-term water supply
to Ulaanbaatar through a Water Supply Project, the objective of which
is to meet the projected demand for water in Ulaanbaatar for
residential consumers and commercial and industrial users over the
medium term in ways that are economically and environmentally
sustainable. The Water Supply Project is composed of three activities:
Downstream Wells Activity: This activity involves
expansion of the city's bulk water supply through the construction of
(i) approximately 52 new wells in two downstream wellfields to supply
up to 50 million cubic meters of groundwater per year, (ii) associated
pipelines, transmission lines, and pumps to convey the water, (iii) an
advanced water treatment plant to produce water that meets drinking
standards, and (iv) storage facilities, a pumping station and a
conveyance pipeline to transport finished drinking water into the
existing municipal water network of Ulaanbaatar. The activity includes
advanced technology for purification of the water to ensure that water
supplied to the city is safe and potable.
Wastewater Recycling Activity: This activity involves a
significant reduction in the demand for fresh water through the
construction of (i) a wastewater recycling plant designed to treat a
portion of the effluent from the central wastewater treatment plant,
(ii) pumping stations and associated pipelines to convey the recycled
water to water storage facilities near two large combined heating and
power plants, and (iii) internal piping, storage facilities and control
systems to facilitate the use of recycled wastewater for certain
processes within these combined heating and power plants, which are
currently the city's largest consumers of freshwater. This activity
will substitute recycled water for at least 14 million cubic meters of
freshwater that the combined heating and power plants consume each
year, with an expectation that the volume will increase over time. The
wastewater recycling plant will be the first of its kind in Mongolia,
helping to pave the path for efficient and responsible management of
the scarce water resources of Ulaanbaatar.
Water Sector Sustainability Activity: This activity is
designed to enhance the long-term sustainability of water supplies to
the capital city through critical policy, legal, regulatory and
institutional changes, with a particular emphasis on achieving full
cost recovery and making improvements in operations and maintenance.
The Water Sector Sustainability Activity includes five sub-activities,
which will
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support (i) utility-wide financial sustainability and cost recovery,
(ii) utility cost savings and cost containment for operation in the ger
areas, (iii) improved utility operational efficiency, (iv)
environmental sustainability, industrial pre-treatment, and pollution
control, and (v) public communications, stakeholder engagement, and
behavior change interventions. This activity will help to ensure that
the benefits of the Compact reach all citizens of Ulaanbaatar and are
sustained over the long term.
MCC estimates that the Water Supply Project will add 64 million
cubic meters to Ulaanbaatar's long-term supply of water, an 83 percent
increase in total supply. MCC estimates this volume to be sufficient to
meet the city's growing demand for water well beyond the end of the
Compact.
Compact Budget
Table I presents the Compact budget and sets forth both the MCC
funding by Compact components and the Government's expected $111.76
million in a country contribution toward the objectives of the Compact.
Table I--Mongolia Compact Budget
[In US$ millions]
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Compact
Program development Total MCC
MCC funding by compact components funding under funding under funding
section 605 section 609(g)
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1. Water Supply Project
1.1 Downstream Wells Activity............................... $223.50 $16.00 $239.50
1.2 Wastewater Recycling Activity........................... 40.95 2.25 43.20
1.3 Water Sector Sustainability Activity........................ 17.04 2.96 20.00
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Subtotal................................................ 281.49 21.21 302.70
2. Monitoring and Evaluation.................................... 10.33 0.03 10.36
3. Program Administration and Oversight......................... 30.12 6.82 36.94
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MCC Funding......................................... 321.94 28.06 350.00
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Total compact funding Amount
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Total MCC Funding....................................... $350.00
Government of Mongolia Contribution..................... 111.76
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Total Compact....................................... 461.76
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