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Richards, Norman L. January 23, 1979. Memo: "Prelim-
inary Estimate of Effects to Corals That Could Re-
sult From Discharge of Drilling Fluids During Oil
and Gas Drilling Operations in the Texas "Flower
Garden Banks" Area. U.S. EPA, Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Richards, Norman L. June, 1979. Effects of Chemii-
cals Used in Oil and Gas ell-Drilling Operations
in Aquatic Environments. Paper presented at: The
Fourth National Conference Interagency Energy/En-
vironnent R&D Procram June 7 & 3, 1979. ashington,
D.C.
Offshore Operators Committee letter of August 7, 1978
to Mr. Dail W. Brown, Associate Director, Critical
Area Planning & Analysis, Office of Ocean Manage-
ment, NOAA commenting on "NOAA Office of Ocean Man-
agement White Paper No. 1 - Proposed Designation of
the Flower Gardon Banks as a Marine Sanctuary."
Offshore Operators Committee letter of October 5, 1978
to Mr. Robert B. Elliott, Chief Permits & Support
Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VI cormnenti ng on the draft EPA document "Permi t Con-
ditions for 'iPOES Permits at the Flow.er Garden Reefs,
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf" dated Au-
gust 1978.
Offshore Operators Committee letter of December 4, 1978
Mr. Thomas C. Jorling, Assistant Administrator for
Water & Waste Management, U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency commen ting on the Agency document "'ecom-
mendations and Supporting Rationale for NPDES Permit
Conditions for Oil and Gas Exploratory and Production
Activities at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of exico,
Outer Continental Shelf" dated September 1978.
6. A quanti tative description of the discharge can be illustrated by
what is typical for such activities since discharges are variable and
dependent on numerous factors. These factors include the facilities
mode of operation (i.e. drilling or production); and within these
modes there are variations based on the depth of drilling, geological
formation, numrber of persons aboard, etc.
Discharge of drilling fluids (muds) are prohibited except for
quantities acherino to drill cuttings. The volume of drill cuttings
for a typical well can range from 2000-400] barrels. In the Flower
Garden Banks area, the typical well drilling time may be 35 days withB-48
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