Stones: These shores are less steep than the rocky ones and, for 

 this reason, can hold more oil. The vegetation consists of sparse 

 stands of plants rooted in the finer sediment between stones. The 

 greater part of the oil can be collected by suction pump and spades 

 after which a more careful cleanup takes place as described above for 

 rocks. Stones, too contaminated for cleaning, can also be removed. One 

 of the problems with this kind of shore is that some oil always per- 

 colates to the gravel between the stones and is out of reach of cleaning. 

 In time, this oil is likely to bleed and pollute the water below. 

 Clean-up operations are difficult and very time consuming and so, if 

 possible, the oil should be prevented from reaching these shores also. 



Gravel and sand: These shores are rare in the area. Stable parts 

 often carry a complete covering of vegetation. If oil affects this, it 

 is harvested and removed. Filthy sand and gravel are also dug up and 

 carried away. A particular example of a sandy beach is Reveln near Oren 

 on southern Toro. The entire point is made up of sand with gravel on 

 the northern shore and fine sediment on the western side. The area is 

 protected on account of the rich bird life in spring and autumn. The 

 ground on the point is very sensitive to wear. Unfortunately, heavy 

 vehicles have been used in connection with the cleanup operations and 

 deep tracks, which will be slow to heal, have resulted. Also, the traffic 

 across the point has not been properly channeled, which might have 

 lessened the damage. It would have been best to arrange transport by 

 boat. However, the cleaning of the beach proper is satisfactory and the 

 re-visit in August showed that the shore vegetation was recovering quite 

 nicely . 



Fine grain sediment: These shores are found in sheltered bays, and 

 if ungrazed, are dominated by common reed. Being very level they can 

 hold much oil. During the cleanup after the Tsesis accident, the oil 

 was actively steered into such bays where it was collected by suction 

 pump, and the oil saturated reeds were harvested and removed. Any 

 remaining oil was raked together and destroyed. Several places like 

 these were visited in June and re-visited in August. The impression was 

 that the vegetation was very little damaged. The reeds recovering after 



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