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Effluent Guidelines
Oil and Gas Extraction (Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids)
Final Rule Environmental Assessment
EPA-821-B-00-014; December 2000
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- Part 1: Main Document (PDF) (476 K)
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Description of Regulatory Options
- Chapter 3 - Characterization
- Chapter 4 - Water Quality Assessment
- Chapter 5 - Human Health Risks
- Chapter 6 - Toxicity
- Chapter 7 - Bioaccumulation
- Chapter 8 - Biodegradation
- Chapter 9 - Seabed Surveys
- Chapter 10 - Bibliography
- Part 2: Appendices (PDF) (236 K)
- Appendix 3-1: Calculation of Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Catch
- Appendix 4-1: Gulf of Mexico Surface Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-2: Cook Inlet, Alaska Surface Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-3: Offshore California Surface Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-4: Gulf of Mexico Sediment Pore Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-5: Cook Inlet, Alaska Sediment Pore Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-6: Offshore California Sediment Pore Water Quality Analysis
- Appendix 4-7: Gulf of Mexico Sediment Guidelines Analysis
- Appendix 4-8: Cook Inlet, Alaska Sediment Guidelines Analysis
- Appendix 4-9: Offshore California Sediment Guidelines Analysis
- Appendix 5-1: Offshore California Human Health Risk Analysis