1 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, good. 



2 DR. VALENTINE: For 25b, first paragraph, last sentence, it says, 



3 "Thus the physical effects on the substrate within the medium to far 



4 field should be quite small." Could we put a parenthesis in there after 



5 field and tell how many meters or kilometers from the drill site we are 



6 talking about? "Medium to far field" does not really tell much about 



7 distance. 



8 DR. GRASSLE: Do we mean canyon there? 



9 DR. VALENTINE: I mean, I know the oil company guys are always 



10 talking about, you know, 300 meters, 500 meters. 



11 DR. TEAL: We said 500 meters. Why don't we just say that? 



12 Beyond 500 meters? 



13 DR. MACIOLEK: Then take out the "medium to far field?" 



14 DR. BOTHNER: I would like to ask the co-chairs of this discussion 



15 if they would consider a break for coffee for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 



16 anything. 



17 DR. MACIOLEK: Well, what about it--I think a lot of people are 



18 hoping to be gone by noon. Do you want to just go out and get a cup of 



19 coffee and bring it back in? There is some right outside the door. 



20 I think--Don, did you have a question about that paragraph? 



21 MR. BOURNE: There was a sentence I did not hear the end of, but 



22 Red has got it. Where are we now? 



23 DR. GRASSLE: We are at the end of the paragraph in the middle of 



24 25b, where the suggestion is to delete the phrase after the dash. I 



25 think that is reasonable. 



26 DR. TEAL: I think we ought to change the next sentence, which is 



27 starting with the paragraph that is labeled "Produced Water." 



28 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, go ahead. 



29 DR. TEAL: How I have it changed is, "Most of the toxics in 



30 produced water are volatile, et cetera, et cetera--" to the end of that 



31 line, comma, "especially with the near surface discharge." 



32 MR. BOURNE: After atmosphere? 



33 DR. TEAL: Atmosphere, yes, especially with a near surface 



34 discharge. Then period. Then the next sentence, "It has been difficult 



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