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STATE OF PROGRESS
OF WORK IN 2017

41,743.1 m
2
SEDIMENT REMOVAL
AREA

APPROXIMATELY 7,000

METRIC TONS OF SEDIMENT REMOVED

83.8 %
OF THE AREA COMPLETED
35,017 m
2
Isola del Giglio: final stages ANALYSIS AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES

of environmental restoration ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED TYPE OF ANALYSIS CONDUCTED

One of Costa Cruises’ top priorities is to (Centro di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia CIBM Livorno/ . 800 tests (16 samples at differing depths analyzing 50 parameters such as heavy metals,
restore to the local community of Giglio Applicata di Livorno) and the DISTAV Università La Sapienza Roma IPA, PCBs, organic pollutants, surfactants) on the water inside and outside the area;
Island its natural terrestrial heritage and Department of the University of Genoa. . 2,480 ecotoxicology tests on the water and marine organisms (8 water samples for
marine environment; site remediation is The results of the analysis conducted in toxicology tests of 3 species and 2 parameters + 48 samples of mussels for analysis of
expected to be completed by 2018. The 2017 confirm once again that the water accumulation of 38 pollutants in the tissue + samples of 4 species of fish with measurement
operations in question are proceeding transparency here is comparable to the of 38 pollutants in the tissue);
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as planned, under the direction of the best that can be found anywhere in the 1,750 samples along the water column tested for 6 parameters at 5 stations, collected using
Micoperi Consortium. sea of Tuscany. a mobile multi-parameter probe (70 samples);
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Monitoring and supervision are carried The operations that continued during 2,070 samples of water collected for 345 days using a fixed multi-parameter probe, with
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out by the Environmental Observatory the reporting year mainly regarded web-based data transmission;
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with the direct involvement of a series of the removal of the (natural or artificial) 120 hours of visual inspections (surveys with ROVs and deployment of divers).
bodies in charge of inspecting the quality sediment from the sea bed. This final .
of the water as well as the condition of phase, which is still to be completed, CIBM Livorno / UniGenova 192 tests on trapping samples used for measurement of sample flows (4 stations per month)
the marine flora and fauna in the local is required in order to restore the with measurement of particle size and mineral composition.
area. More specifically ARPAT , in pre-existing condition of the marine
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addition to the foregoing inspections environment and therefore allow the LAST TWO PHASES OF THE SEA BED RESTORATION PROJECT
and together with ISPRA (National return of the forms of marine life that
Institute for Environmental Protection were here originally. The work planned 10 10
and Research) and other members of for 2018 involves the removal of material 1 2 3 4 5 6
the Environmental Observatory, verifies from an area of 2,226 m and of sediment
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the validity of the work carried out by from an area of 180 m , following which REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL
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the working group consisting of the environmental restoration operations will FIRST FOUR PHASES OF THE GIGLIO OF THE SEDIMENT DEPOSITED REMOVAL OF THE DEBRIS
ISLAND SEA BED REMEDIATION
Università La Sapienza di Roma, CIBM cease and the wreck site will close. PROJECT (COMMENCEMENT 2015) ON THE SEA BED DURING THE USING DIFFERENT METHODS
NOW COMPLETED. SALVAGE OPERATION WITH
8 www.regione.toscana.it/-/osservatorio-costa-concordia USE OF A NATURAL, DEPENDING ON THE DEPTH,
9 Tuscan Regional Environmental Protection Agency PHASES 5 & 6 DUE FOR NON-INVASIVE, UNDERWATER TYPE AND SIZE OF
10 Following decisions made by site supervisors, phases 5 and 6 of the restoration project were rescheduled COMPLETION BY 2018 SUCTION SYSTEM. THE DEBRIS.
(last update June 2017).