1 DR. GRASSLE: "Given the low volume and high dilution, deck 



2 drainage and sewage discharges are minor contaminants and therefore do 



3 not need to be considered." 



4 DR. VALENTINE: Or will have no effect--is it the feeling that we 



5 do not need to consider because we are confident that they will not have 



6 an effect? 



7 DR. KRAEUTER: Just say, "will have no measurable impact." 



8 DR. GRASSLE: It will have no measurable impact on the canyons. 



9 Are there comments on "I" now? First of all, it is "H," not "I." We 



10 got rid of "H," so it is "H" now instead of "I." 



11 MR. VILD: Are we striking "accidental discharges," a as we did 



12 for operational discharges? 



13 DR. GRASSLE: Where are we now? 



14 MR. VILD: Right above where it says "oil spills and blowouts," 



15 "accidental discharges." 



16 DR. GRASSLE: Oh, yes. Yes, strike "accidental discharges." 



17 DR. VALENTINE: Well, in the third line down--"Because most of the 



18 canyons are physically and biologically more active--" I mean, some of 



19 these so-called canyons are really like the slopes. 



20 DR. GRASSLE: Good point. 



21 DR. VALENTINE: Then, down at "filter-feeders such as krill, and 



22 sedimentation--" include "of fine particles in a depositional 



23 environment." It is really the fine particles that we are talking 



24 about, right? And "the depositional environment" kind of assumes there 



25 is some activity. 



26 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, good point. 



27 DR. BOTHNER: You could also add that more active resuspension of 



28 sediments in that list. 



29 DR. GRASSLE: Are you raising a sentence, Mike, or-- 



30 DR. BOTHNER: For example, "Due to abundance of filter-feeders 



31 such as krill, more intensive sediment resuspension and active sediment 



32 accumulation of fine grain sediments--" 



33 DR. GRASSLE: Why would resuspension result in more rapid 



34 accumulation? 



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