  A candidate parameterization is introduced, in an effective field theory
framework, for the quantum information transfer from a black hole that is
necessary to restore unitarity. This in particular allows description of the
effects of this information transfer in the black hole atmosphere, for example
seen by infalling observers. In the presence of such information transfer, it
is shown that infalling observers need not experience untoward violence.
Moreover, the presence of general moderate-frequency couplings to field modes
with high angular momenta offers a mechanism to enhance information transfer
rates, commensurate with the increased energy flux, when a string is introduced
to "mine" a black hole. Generic such models for nonviolent information transfer
predict extra energy flux from a black hole, beyond that of Hawking.
