APPENDIX A

Proposal Information

__ New or revised proposal

__ Title of proposal

__ Date the form is being submitted

__ Site-specific objectives (must include general objectives in proposal)

__ List of previous drilling in area

General Regional Information

__ Leg number, if assigned

__ Site name (e.g., BON-9A)

__ Latitude and longitude of site in degrees and minutes

__ Priority of site (e.g., primary or alternate)

__ General location or geomorphic province of site

__ Jurisdiction

__ Distance to land (nmi)

__ Water depth (m)

__ Probable thickness of sediments (m)

__ List of possible hazards (ice, hydrocarbons, dumpsites, cables, etc.)

__ Indication of a weather window? If so, what is it?

Operations

__ Proposed penetration (m)

__ General lithologies

__ Coring tools

__ Logging plan (check as many as apply)

__ Estimated number of days of drilling/coring and logging

__ Total days on site

Detailed Coring Plan

__ Coring plan (circle as many as apply)

__ Sediment penetration (m)

__ Basement penetration (m)

Detailed Logging Plan

__ Answer conical side-entry sub question.

__ Answer high-temperature question.

__ Answer whether there are any other special requirements for logging. Describe if answer is yes.

__ List scientific objectives for different logging measurement types (see page 3 of Site Description Forms) and relevance logging tool has to meeting scientific objectives.

Detailed Site Survey Information

__ Fill in the data type boxes 1–17 on page 2 of site survey form (seismic reflection, seismic velocity, seismic grid, refraction, 3.5-kHz, swath bathymetry, side-scan sonar, photography or video, heat flow, magnetics, gravity, sediment cores, rock sampling, water current data, ice conditions, OBS microseismicity, navigation, other (List all that apply).

__ List DSDP/ODP Holes

__ List piston cores

Pollution and Safety Hazard Summary

__ List all hydrocarbon occurrences greater than background levels based on previous DSDP/ODP drilling.

__ List all commercial drilling that produced or yielded hydrocarbon shows.

__ List indications of gas hydrates.

__ List any reasons to expect hydrocarbon accumulations at this site.

__ List any special precautions during drilling.

__ List abandonment procedures.

__ List other natural or man-made hazards.

__ Summarize the major risks.