Marine Environmental Monitoring Program

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bee-Hong Ooi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Marine Environmental

Marine environmental monitoring programs: tips on design, measurement and interpretation

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Russell Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Standard Requirement ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Monitoring Programs ◽  
Marine Environmental

Marine environmental monitoring programs are these days a standard requirement for the oil and gas industry in all jurisdictions. Monitoring programs are generally required during the construction and siting of infrastructure in or near the marine environment and then also for the operational phases of that infrastructure. The types and scales of monitoring programs developed and implemented vary enormously from project to project and typically reflect the complex interplay between often competing factors such as legislative framework, environmental and political sensitivities, cost, industry standards, existing information, predicted levels of impact, access to technology, and the level of professional expertise engaged. With so many factors influencing the design of a program it is sometimes difficult to focus on the core requirements of any marine environmental monitoring program. Using case examples this paper provides some advice on choosing which potential impacts are important to monitor, developing a good study design (including the importance of baseline data collection and pilot studies), choosing the right parameters to monitor, avoiding the seduction of technology, and selecting appropriate statistical tests. The other topic covered is some advice on the interpretation of results with emphasis on the need for clarity at the beginning of a monitoring program about what the data collected will, or can, be used for.

scholarly journals Environmental monitoring of radioactive and non-radioactive constituents in the vicinity of WIP

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-276
Author(s):  
P. Thakur ◽  
J. Monk ◽  
J. L. Conca
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
State University ◽  
Chemical Contaminants ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Mexico State University ◽  
The Us ◽  
Waste Repositories

Abstract The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a US Department of Energy (DOE) facility, is a deep geologic transuranic waste disposal site designed for the safe disposal of transuranic (TRU) wastes generated from the US defense program. Monitoring is a key component of the development and operation of any nuclear repository and is important to the WIPP performance assessment. Initial concerns over the release of radioactive and chemical contaminants from the WIPP led to various monitoring programs, including the independent, academic-based WIPP environmental monitoring (WIPP-EM) program conducted by the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC) located in Carlsbad, NM. The mission of CEMRC is to develop and implement an independent health and environmental monitoring program in the vicinity of WIPP and make the results easily accessible to the public and all interested parties. Under the WIPP-EM program constituents monitored include: (1) selected radionuclides, elements, and ions of interest in air, soil, vegetation, drinking water, surface water and sediment from within a 100-mile radius of WIPP as well as in the air exiting the WIPP exhaust shaft, and (2) internally deposited radionuclides in the citizenry living within a 100-mile radius of WIPP. This article presents an evaluation of more than tens years of environmental monitoring data that informed the public that there is no evidence of increases in radiological contaminants in the region that could be attributed to releases from the WIPP. Such an extensive monitoring program and constant public engagement is an ideal model for all nuclear waste repositories anywhere in the world.

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