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Development document for proposed effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the coastal subcategory of the oil and gas extraction point source category

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:56462
;Table of Contents: Legal authority; Summary of proposed regulations; Industry definition and waste streams; Industry description; Data and information gathering; Selection of pollutant parameters; Drilling wastes-characterization, control, and treatment technologies; Produced water-characterization, control, and treatment technologies; Miscellaneous waste-characterization, control, and treatment technologies; Cost and pollutant loading determination of drilling fluids and drill cuttings; Compliance cost and pollutant load determination of produced water; Compliance cost and pollutant load determination of well treatment, workover, and completion fluids; Cost and pollutant loading determination of deck drainage; Options selection-rationale and total costs; Pretreatment standards; Non-water quality environmental impacts and other factors; Best Management Practices; and Appendices.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Engineering and Analysis Div.
OSTI ID:
56462
Report Number(s):
PB--95-198826/XAB; EPA--821/R-95/009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English