Effluent Guidelines

Oil and Gas Extraction (Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids)

EPA-821-B-00-012; December 2000

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Part 1: Cover and Table of Contents (PDF) (40 K)
Part 2: Main Document (PDF) (216 K)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Sources of Data
- Chapter 3 - Profile of Affected Offshore Drilling Operations
- Chapter 4 - Regulatory Options and Aggregate Costs of the Effluent Guidelines
- Chapter 5 - Economic Impacts of the Proposed Rulemaking
- Chapter 6 - Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
- Chapter 7 - Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Chapter 8 - Environmental Justice Analysis
Part 3: Appendices (PDF) (156 K)
- Appendix A - Derivation of Weighted Average Cost of Compliance Per Well Type
- Appendix B - Economic Model For Oil and Gas Production in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
- Appendix C - Environmental Justice Analysis
Environmental Justice Maps (All files below are self-extracting PDF zip files)
- Bateman Island Facility, Saint Mary Parish, LA (684 K)
- Big Hill Facility, Jefferson, TX (439 K)
- Bourg Facility, Terrebonne Parish, LA (530 K)
- Cameron Facility, Cameron Parish, LA (482 K)
- Elm Grove Facility, Bossier Parish, LA (496 K)
- Fannet Facility, Jefferson, TX (437 K)
- Ingleside Facility, San Patricio, TX (548 K)
- Intracoastal City Facility, Vermilion Parish, LA (570 K)
- Mermentau Facility, Jefferson Davis, LA (567 K)
- Morgan City Facility, Saint Mary Parish, LA (677 K)
- Port Arthur Facility, Jefferson, TX (539 K)
- Port Fourchon, LaFourche Parish, LA (754 K)
- Venice Facility, Plaquemines Parish, LA (653 K)