SCORING MECHANISM FOR INDIVIDUAL SHORELINES 



Hypothetical Case No. 1 (Figure 2. ) 



A major oil spill has occurred in October from a renegade barge collid- 

 ing with the Interstate 90 Bridge crossing the upper reaches of the 

 Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin. The oil, a jet fuel No. 4 des- 

 tined for the Twin Cities airport, has contaminated extensive fresh water wet- 

 land and floodplain woodland areas within the confines of both Federal and 

 State waterfowl refuges. Downstream from these refuges is a river side colony 

 of privately-owned cottages with a gravel beach that also has been contami- 

 nated by the spill . 



Figure 2. A typical oiled fresh water marsh as mentioned in hypothetical 

 case No. 1 . 



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