NDLI: Requirements for monitoring environmental impact of seafloor cables: issues and answers

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Meggitt, D.J. Wilson, J.V.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Sound & Sea Technol., Edmonds, WA, USA (Meggitt, D.J.)
Abstract	Governmental permitting agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed increasing concerns about the environmental impacts of seafloor cable systems, both short-term and long term. As a result, increasingly restrictive and costly conditions are being imposed in the permitting process. These requirements affect cable routing options, restrict installation methods and impose substantial requirements to verify the installation condition and to monitor the cable and local environmental impact over periods of many years. The results are increased times to "ready for service" and increased costs for installation and maintenance of undersea cable systems. All of these requirements are costly and time-consuming to cable installers and owners, both commercial and military. In addition, very few of the requirements can be clearly justified at the technical level. Even fewer have obviously justifiable scientific bases. While it is certainly desirable to minimize environmental impact, it also is important to do so in the most economic and legally credible way possible. This paper: a) Describes the kinds of requirements being imposed by various state and local permitting agencies b) Outlines the technical issues associated with interpreting and complying with those requirements, including both general issues and some specific local examples c) Compares the impacts of cable operations (particularly burial) to the effects bottom trawling d) Outlines some general approaches to help resolve the issues, including a technical review of the likely scientific basis for relating cable operations to environmental impact and an analysis of practical measurement methodologies e) Suggests a series of actions that can be taken by the industry to provide a scientific basis for environmental assessments and mitigation requirements, for submarine cable projects.
Sponsorship	Dept. of the Navy Sci. and Technol. Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources Orincon Ceros Harbour Offshore Inc
Starting Page	2058
Ending Page	2062
File Size	259685
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0933957300
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178218
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MTS
Subject Keyword	Sea floor Sea measurements Optical fiber cables Paper technology Underwater cables Inspection Routing Condition monitoring Costs Environmental economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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