1 DR. GRASSLE: "--increased impacts on the bottom could occur." 



2 MR. BOURNE: "Increased particulate--" 



3 DR. GRASSLE: "--in the water during the spring bloom conditions." 



4 DR. MACIOLEK: I think you ought to not use the phrase "increased 



5 impacts." We should be a little more specific about what the plankton 



6 bloom is-- 



7 DR. GRASSLE: I guess it has to be two sentences. "Particulate 



8 produced during spring bloom conditions could scavenge hydrocarbons from 



9 the water column. The settlement of this material to the bottom could 



10 increase impacts." Is that right? 



11 DR. MACIOLEK: Isn't that stated in the paragraph on produced 



12 waters? 



13 DR. GRASSLE: It is a problem. 



14 DR. MACIOLEK: It is not really true just for produced waters. 



15 MR. BOURNE: There is a lot of reorganization of this. 



16 DR. GRASSLE: Instead of "increased impacts" it should be "could 



17 result in impacts" instead of "increased," because "increased" assumes 



18 that there were impacts at all. 



19 DR. VALENTINE: Do we have a little descriptive phrase outlining 



20 what produced water is? Could we say, "Produced water is water mixed in 



21 with extracted oil and gas--" 



22 (Simultaneous discussion.) 



23 DR. GRASSLE: On page 23 we have three sentences. 



24 DR. VALENTINE: Oh, there it is. 



25 MR. VILD: Then, again, maybe since we are talking about produced 



26 water there should be some sort of sentence saying that this is only 



27 encountered during production and development. 



28 DR. GRASSLE: That should be back on page 23. 



29 MR. VILD: Oh, okay. 



30 DR. GRASSLE: Let's note that. 



31 DR. KRAEUTER: Good point. 



32 DR. GRASSLE: Is there any comment on "E" then? 



33 DR. KRAEUTER: I have got a lot of problems with that sentence 



34 just below the one you were working on. 



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