Environmental Assessment of Final Effluent Guidelines for Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids and other Non-Aqueous Drilling Fluids in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry

(EPA-821-B-00-014, December 2000)

• Part 1 (PDF File, 476K)
• 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 (PDF File, 236K)
• 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

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