CNMI Diving Science & Safety Program

The CNMI DSSP serves three agencies, the Coastal Resources Management Office (CRM), the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Divison of Fish and Wildlife (DFW).  The program is presently managed by CRM and may be contacted at:

CNMI DSSP Diving Safety Officer
Coastal Resources Management Office
PO Box 10007
Saipan, MP 96950

(670) 664-8300 phone
(670) 664-8315 fax

The CNMI DSSP, under the guidance of the Diving Safety Board, exists to ensure that all officially sanctioned diving with member agencies  is conducted in a safe manner. The program strives to minimize the hazards of accidental or occupational injury while supporting and enabling legitimate diving activity and research functions appropriate to member agencies.

Appointed by agency directors, the Diving Safety Board, and the Diving Safety Officer seek to ensure that all diving activity officially related to member agencies is performed in accordance with the CNMI DSSP diving safety regulations. This program is then designed to meet exemptions from OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart T -Commercial Diving, Appendix B, Guidelines for Scientific Diving. To do this, and to meet community standards, the CNMI DSSP is pursuing organizational membership of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS).

The table below provides a link to specific program documentation. AAUS Standards are provided as reference material.

Acrobat icon Program Manual
bulletDiver Certification
bulletScientific Diving bulletProject Requirements
bulletDiving Safety Board
  Acrobat icon AAUS Standards
 

This page was last updated on March 30, 2007.