Submarine Cable Areas
Data Set (DS) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66190 | Updated: April 27, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Submarine Cable Areas |
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Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2021-09-28 |
Abstract: |
These data show the general location of commercial and research submarine cables within U.S. waters. The majority of these cables are for telecommunications, and the remaining are for power transmission. The geographic footprint for each cable may vary and is dependent on the original source data. In the nearshore, cables are routinely buried below the seabed. In the offshore, they are placed directly on the seabed. A submarine cable area may contain one or more physical cables. 30 CFR 585.301 defines a minimum 100-foot-wide right of way grant on each side of a cable. |
Purpose: |
To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. |
Supplemental Information: |
Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
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UNCONTROLLED | |
ISO 19115 Topic Categories | oceans |
ISO 19115 Topic Categories | transportation |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | planningCadastre |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Exclusive Economic Zone |
None | Outer Continental Shelf |
None | Territorial Sea |
Physical Location
Organization: | Office for Coastal Management |
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City: | Charleston |
State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | None Planned |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Entity Attribute Overview: |
cableSystem, owner, status |
Distribution Liability: |
https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Data Set Credit: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -180 | |
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E° Bound: | 180 | |
N° Bound: | 71.795736 | |
S° Bound: | -14.281102 |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Representations Used
Grid: | No |
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Vector: | Yes |
Text / Table: | No |
TIN: | No |
Stereo Model: | No |
Video: | No |
Vector Representation 1
Topology Level: | Geometry Only |
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Complex Object Present?: | No |
Composite Object Present?: | No |
Curve Object Present?: | No |
Point Object Present?: | No |
Solid Object Present?: | No |
Surface Object Present?: | Yes |
Reference Systems
Reference System 1
Coordinate Reference System |
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Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Use Constraints: |
For coastal and ocean planning |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/data |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | Submarine Cable Areas |
Description: |
MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/SubmarineCableArea.zip |
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Distributor: |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
Untested |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level |
Completeness Report: |
Untested |
Conceptual Consistency: |
These data are logically consistent |
Lineage
Sources
Cable_Area (General, Coastal, Approach, Harbour, Berthing)
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office of Coastal Survey- Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2016-10-29 |
Citation URL: | https://encdirect.noaa.gov/ |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed |
Source Contribution: |
file geodatabase feature classes of cable areas at differing resolutions |
Dominion Energy CVOW Pilot Project Export Cable Repair Activities LNTM
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Dominion Energy |
Publish Date: | 2020-07-13 |
Citation URL: | https://cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net/-/media/pdfs/global/wind/071320-cvow--pilot-lntm-cable-repair-rev1-submittal.pdf?la=en&rev=d16fed57db864e3cb95f39a25b48a7f4&hash=9AD954C791C312069D2FDE85D2C3508B |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Draft Environmental Impact Report
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Publish Date: | 2021-06-25 |
Citation URL: | https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/emepa/mepadocs/2021/070921em/sc/eir/16231%20deir%20Vineyard%20Wind2-Barnstable%20Edgartown%20Mashpee%20Nantucket.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
FCC Submarine Cable Landing Pending Applications List by File Number
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Federal Communications Commission |
Citation URL: | https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr028b.hts?as_subsystem_code=SCL/SUBMARINE+CABLE+LANDING&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/FILE+NUMBER&fstate=0/PENDING&prepare= |
Source Contribution: |
Identity and ownership of submarine cables |
Finding of No Significant Impact
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
Publish Date: | 2014-09-04 |
Citation URL: | https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/about-boem/BOEM-Regions/Pacific-Region/Lease-Management/BOEM-Finding-of-No-Significant-Impact-and-Environmental-Assessment.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Lake Erie Connector Project - Final Environmental Assessment
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Department of Energy |
Publish Date: | 2016-10-01 |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2016 |
Citation URL: | https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/11/f34/2016-10-26-LEC-Final-EA.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind South Project Offshore Massachusetts
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
Publish Date: | 2021-06-30 |
Citation URL: | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/30/2021-13994/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-vineyard-wind-south-project |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
OCH Cable System database
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Packet Clearing House |
Citation URL: | https://prefix.pch.net/applications/cablesystem/index.php?sort=total_capacity&show_active_only |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership of submarine cable |
Public Notice
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Publish Date: | 2019-03-21 |
Citation URL: | https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/docs/regulatory/publicnotices/2019/Mar19/NAN-2018-00276-EHA%20America%20Europe%20Connect%202%20USA%20Havfrue%20Cable%20Public%20Notice.pdf?ver=SLufhtuHQxprv2vfjFHu4Q%3d%3d |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Public Notice
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Publish Date: | 2018-03-16 |
Citation URL: | https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/regulatory/publicnotices/Public_Notice_2016-0542-75.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Raster Nautical Charts (RNC)
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS) |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2012-01-01 |
Citation URL: | http://egisws02.nos.noaa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/RNC |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed |
Source Contribution: |
Raster of NOAA Nautical Charts |
Scientific Cables
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | International Cable Protection Committee |
Citation URL: | https://iscpc.org/information/cable-data/scientific-cables/ |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Response to Correspondence
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | New Jersey Field Office Ecological Services |
Publish Date: | 2013-01-08 |
Citation URL: | https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/Civil/LBI/App-E-LEI-April-2016.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Vineyard Wind Draft Construction and Operations Plan
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
Publish Date: | 2020-09-30 |
Citation URL: | https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/renewable-energy/Vineyard%20Wind%20COP%20Volume%20I_Section%203.pdf |
Source Contribution: |
Identity, ownership and general location of submarine cable |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
Utilize NOAA’s RNC as a base layer to review for existing scale information for each shape area. Start by creating an empty feature class for the cable areas, and then add all Berthing cable areas to SubmarineCableArea feature class. Select by location, where all HarbourAreas intersect Berthing & reverse the selection so that areas that exist do not intersect the existing areas are selected, copy these areas & add them to SubmarineCableArea feature class. Re-select areas that overlap BerthingAreas from HarbourAreas & individually confirm existence & correctness of Cable Area using the RNC. Add or adjust cable areas based on largest scale available to resolve resolution conflicts. Perform this method for each scale layer onto the next largest layer until all areas have been quality controlled for scale conflict issues. (Berthing to Harbour, Harbour to Approach, Approach to Coastal, Coastal to General) |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 66190 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66190 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Brianna Key |
Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-22 05:22+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Daniel Martin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-04-27 23:12+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2021-12-22 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-12-22 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-12-22 |