Current state of work April 2018 HELCOM Expert Group on Environmental Risks of Hazardous Submerged Objects HELCOM-SUBMERGED 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 1
This presentation is held on behalf of Mr. Jens Sternheim State Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalization Head of German cross administrative working group on underwater munitions (BLANO) Co-Chair (Munitions) of HELCOM-SUBMERGED Member of advisory boards of DAIMON, UDEMM, MUNITECT ITAB member with IDUM www.underwatermunitions.de 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 2
Disclaimer The following slides do represent the views and opinions of the original creators of the content. It does not represent the opinion of the German Federal Government or necessarily represent the views or opinions of the presenting person of the German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME). 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 3
Terms of Reference: HELCOM-SUBMERGED Compile and assess information about all kinds of hazardous objects, including contaminated wrecks, lost or dumped packed dangerous goods (e.g. containers), dumped hazardous waste, munitions and warfare materials which may affect the environment and other activities in the Baltic Sea (e.g., human beings involved in shipping and offshore construction) and Assess the associated risks. 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 4
Compilation & Assessment 1. Collect available data, related to ToR 2. Consolidate data: meta data & attributes comparable figures Homogenous descriptions, pp. 3. Store in one database to operationalize 4. Review database and proceed collecting data 5. find and check methodologies to assess the risk 6. adopt risk assessment methodology to database 7. analyze and make results available 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 5
Example: The German project Ammunition Cadastre Sea (AmuCad) by EGEOS GmbH offers an easy access to data published by the German cross administrative working grp. (BLANO) since 2011*. www.amucad.org 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) * www.underwatermunitions.de 6
Collected data, June 2016 DK EST FIN GER LAT LIT PL RUS SE Wrecks Yes Yes Some Yes Yes Dumped waste Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Lost cargo Yes No Yes Warfare material Dump sites Dump sites Dump sites Dump sites Dump sites Dump sites Dump sites Yes 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 7
4. Review database Close recognized gaps in database Common review regarding quality Elaborate a table of meta data per state Find and add descriptive figures Find key data to develop comprehensive information 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 8
5. methodologies & 6. risk assessment Science DAIMON (CHEMSEA, MODUM) DSS by 03-2019 RoBEMM/OffVali (Robotic delaboration) by 02-2019 UDEMM (MineMuni, MuniSee) by 03-2019 Activities STO, ET-180 (NATO): Sea Dumped Munitions and Environmental Risk (https://www.sto.nato.int/lists/test1/activitydetails.aspx?i D=16343) JPI-O: Munition in the sea (http://www.jpi-oceans.eu/munitions-sea) 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 9
HELCOM Maritime Assessment 2018 Chapter 18, final sentence: Effects of toxic and carcinogenic constituents of these conventional explosive materials to the marine environment are poorly understood and currently subject to several research projects in the Baltic Sea. BSEP 152 Figure 18.1, Page 169 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 10
Example for analysis Risk of sunken mines [objects per square] 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 11
Achieved so far SUBMERGED common database (Sweden) Chapter 18 of HELCOM BSEP 152 Shared workload Wrecks: Jorma Rytkönen, Fi Munitions: Jens Sternheim, GER suspended: litter & lost cargo Structure of report (draft) Chapter Wrecks Chapter Underwater Munitions 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 12
Prolongation TOR - timeline Established for three years period. Prolongation should be considered based on results Minutes Submerged-4 Continuing process to collect data Conclusion by 89 th Conference of German Environmental Ministers Activities in Germany 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 13
Prolongation at least until 2020 Research on archival documents ongoing Scientific research ongoing Risk assessment, bio monitoring Recognition of objects and decision support Technology development New survey methodologies Environmental friendly Management options for munition dumping grounds In-situ remediation tools 03.04.2018 Jens Sternheim & Claus Böttcher (MELUND) 14