Question 1/6

Environmental and Safety Procedures for Outside Plant
(Continuation of Questions 1/6 and 2/6)

1 Motivation

New regulation for the environment protection procedures will affect the selection of materials and mode of installation in the outside plant. Recommendations will be developed to implement these considerations while recycling these products.
Although safety procedures have been studied for a long time, with respect to telecommunication installations, accidents can occur and the physical integrity of people, equipment and buildings must be assured. The development of a Handbook will increase the safety in the outside plant, especially in developing countries.

2 Question

Study items to be considered include, but are not limited to:

• Strategies to prevent accidents in unattended enclosures associated with outside plant such as manholes and tunnels
• Environmental aspects resulting from outside plant material recycling.
• Chemical treatments introduced in the field for the protection or maintenance of products.
• Safety procedures for outdoor installations.

An up-to-date status of work under this Question is contained in the SG 6 Work Program (http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com6/index.asp).

3 Tasks

Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Develop a Recommendation on Recycling of Copper and Optical Cables Materials             2008

• Develop the Handbook on the Environmental and Safety Procedures for Outside Plant      2008

• Revisions to ITU-T Recommendations L.2, L.24 and L.63                                                2007

4 Relationships

Recommendations:

• L.2, L.24, L.63

Standardisation bodies, forums and consortia:

• IEC TC46
• IEC TC86
• ISO (14 000 series)