Btw, to get back to the original topic - Nord Stream.
The German Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (federal agency for shipping and hydrography) has assembled a website (in English) which includes all official info on Nord Stream. This includes notifications, responses and comments of the affected Baltic Sea nations, as well as exact maps, applications by the Nord Stream company, and the relevant hydrographical/environmental scoping reports.
http://www.bsh.de/en/Marine%20uses/I...20Pipeline.jsp
It was last updated in May '07, but assembles this information in a good, concise form (which i'm really unused to from German Federal Agencies).
The Response Letters from the various nations (which are officially in regard to the environmental impact) are rather interesting, as they do show the official (political) policies of their respective government with regard to this.
For example, Poland requires an evaluation of alternative lines, including terrestrial (in particular "Jamal I" and "Amber", which runs through Poland), in comparison to the project, as well as an exact presentation of the potential impact of the construction phase on Polish Navy operation. The Swedish government hedges the "safety aspect", and wants among other things exact, detailed information of all aspects of the construction phase, and details on safety procedures within their EEZ with regard to the operation phase.
And so on. Makes for an interesting read.
The German Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (federal agency for shipping and hydrography) has assembled a website (in English) which includes all official info on Nord Stream. This includes notifications, responses and comments of the affected Baltic Sea nations, as well as exact maps, applications by the Nord Stream company, and the relevant hydrographical/environmental scoping reports.
http://www.bsh.de/en/Marine%20uses/I...20Pipeline.jsp
It was last updated in May '07, but assembles this information in a good, concise form (which i'm really unused to from German Federal Agencies).
The Response Letters from the various nations (which are officially in regard to the environmental impact) are rather interesting, as they do show the official (political) policies of their respective government with regard to this.
For example, Poland requires an evaluation of alternative lines, including terrestrial (in particular "Jamal I" and "Amber", which runs through Poland), in comparison to the project, as well as an exact presentation of the potential impact of the construction phase on Polish Navy operation. The Swedish government hedges the "safety aspect", and wants among other things exact, detailed information of all aspects of the construction phase, and details on safety procedures within their EEZ with regard to the operation phase.
And so on. Makes for an interesting read.
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