Environmental Compliance Monitoring

Since 1998, Applied Marine Sciences, Inc (AMS) has been providing on-site third-party independent environmental mitigation and permit compliance monitoring services for the California State Lands Commission(CSLC), California Coastal Commission (CCC) and a host of other Federal, State and local government agencies for the implementation of major offshore and onshore industrial projects. These projects have included the installation of 17 transoceanic fiber optics at seven different locations along the west coast of the United States and the abandonment of a major California marine oil terminal.

For these projects AMS personnel and contracted specialists act as agents for the government agencies and ensure daily compliance with all environmental mitigation requirements placed upon the project during the environmental assessment phase of the project, as well as individual permit requirements placed upon the project by federal, state and local agencies. AMS personnel keep the government agency personnel regularly appraised of projects progress and compliance as well as guide the applicant and its contractors in their effective compliance with project environmental requirements. Project personnel need to understand not only the environmental compliance requirement but the intent of the requirement or the regulation which is the basis of the requirement in order to effectively advise the state.

These projects, because of their complexity and scope, often require the subcontracting of numerous individuals and specialized disciplines, such as archeologists, noise monitoring engineers, and native American observers. Project requirements and schedules require extreme flexibility, careful and efficient communication and logistics coordination.

Recent Projects in Environmental Compliance Monitoring

Environmental Mitigation and Permit Compliance Monitoring of the Chevron Estero Bay Marine Terminal Abandonment, Morro Bay, CA
AMS was selected by Chevron Pipeline Company, the California State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission to provide third-party environmental mitigation and permit compliance monitoring for the partial abandonment of the Chevron Estero Bay Marine Terminal effort.

Global West Fiber Optic Cable Project
AMS provided environmental mitigation and permit compliance monitoring support for responsible federal and state agencies, including the California Coastal Commission and California State Lands Commission for the onshore to offshore horizontal directional boring portion of this seven cable fiber optic cable installation project.

Mitigation Monitoring for the Pacific Crossing and Pan American Crossing Fiber Optic Cable System
AMS provided onshore and offshore mitigation monitoring support for responsible state, federal and local agencies for this three cable fiber optic cable laying project in Grover Beach, California.

Mitigation Monitoring for the AT&T-Japan Fiber Optic Cable System
AMS provided onshore mitigation monitoring support for the California State Lands Commission and other responsible federal and state agencies for the onshore to offshore horizontal directional boring phase of this five cable fiber optic cable laying project in Manchester Beach, California.

Tyco Global Network (TGN) Fiber Optic Cable Project
AMS provided environmental mitigation and permit compliance monitoring support for responsible federal and state agencies, including the California Coastal Commission and California State Lands Commission for the onshore to offshore horizontal directional boring portion of this two cable fiber optic cable installation project.