Results of environmental monitoring in Russia presented to Finnish authorities
Subject to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology and Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Finland, the Finnish authorities received the report on environmental monitoring for 2012 along the Nord Stream route in Russian waters, press center of Nord Stream AG reports.
The report prepared by Nord Stream AG includes monitoring results for the previous year and contains comparative analysis of environmental parameters before and after commencing the construction activities. As expected, the environmental monitoring data 2012 confirm the results of the two previous years: in general there was no environmental impact, if there was an impact, it was minor, local and short-term only. These results were achieved thanks to effective mitigation measures developed and successfully implemented by Nord Stream in cooperation with the responsible authorities.
The report contains data on water quality and seabed sediments, geological environment and aquatic flora and fauna, as well as satellite data on turbidity, assessment of thermal impact of the gas pipeline operation, as well as potential transboundary impact assessment.
The survey results show that the environmental impacts of construction and operation are below the estimated values.
