1 DR. BOTHNER 



2 DR. GRASSLE 



3 DR. BOTHNER 



Background values are 45 (35 to 68 ppm) . 



Where were we, now? 

 The top of page 25-- 



4 (Simultaneous discussion.) 



5 A PARTICIPANT:--the second line. I will just read them and then I 



6 will give you the data. If everybody likes the way it sounds, I will 



7 give it to you directly, all right? 



8 Okay. That would add 20 ppm to the chromium content of the top 



9 centimeter of sediments. 



10 A PARTICIPANT: Wait a minute--sorry. He is reading from the top 



11 of the page. 



12 DR. GRASSLE: The top of page 26. 



13 DR. BOTHNER: The first sentence must change. "Background values 



14 are--" and we should perhaps say- -"Background values average 45 ppm (35 



15 to 68 range) in sediments at the head of Lydonia Canyon, so the increase 



16 could be close to 50 percent. However, that assumes that all of the 



17 chromium added to drilling mud reaches the canyon and that all of it is 



18 deposited in one square kilometer." 



19 Scratch the rest of it, and then add, "The 50 percent increase 



20 calculated in this worst case scenario results in a concentration that 



21 is within the range of observed background chromium concentrations in 



22 canyon sediments." 



23 (Simultaneous discussion.) 



24 DR. GRASSLE: Okay? When we finish this page, maybe you could 



25 take it over to them so they can read it over to make sure they have it 



26 right now. 



27 Okay. "C?" "D?"--including 25(a)? 



28 MR. VILD: What about this business about "probably" and "likely?" 



29 Can't we just strike the "probably?" 



30 DR. GRASSLE: Yes. Strike "probably." I have already done that. 



31 (Simultaneous discussion.) 



32 DR. BOTHNER: Then 26a has got some inaccuracies. 



33 DR. MACIOLEK: Oh, 26a? I am sorry, 25a. 



34 DR. GRASSLE: Go ahead. 



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