The marine portions of the cable are encased in several layers of protective material and will be buried approximately eight feet beneath the ocean floor using a specialized jet-plow. A barge containing the cable is set up near the shore. A marine plow is attached to the cable at or close to the shore, and begins burying the cable. The plow's water nozzles temporarily loosen the soil and create a narrow trench as the plow advances the cable is fed into the trench from the back end of the plow as it continues to move along the ocean floor. The plow buries the cable approximately eight feet below the ocean floor. With burial at this depth, there is no effect on any uses of the seabed or marine environment. Marine sediments quickly resettle on top of the cable, closing the narrow trench with minimal disturbance to the seabed.