Biological and Cultural Value 



Natural areas . These include: Wetlands, waterfowl habitat and refuges, 

 and protected species. 



Score 9_ 



Out of a possible 9 



Degree of contamination . Extensive shoreline contamination of dead 

 emergent vegetation, dead tree snags with some accumulation occurring in heavy 

 pockets. No evidence of penetration was available. 



Score 7 

 Out of a possible 9 



Oil migration potential . A wind shift is likely to occur as meterolog- 

 ical conditions change during the next 72 hours resulting in a movement of 

 the now pocketed oil from the shoreline into the river channel. 



Score 4 

 Out of a possible 4 



Spatial distribution . The downstream shoreline is a gravel beach that 

 is part of a bluff that juts out into the river. (The upstream shoreline 

 receives priority over the downstream area.) 



Score 20 



Out of a possible 22 



Hypothetical Case No. 2 (Figure 3.) 



A major spill of No. 6 fuel oil has occurred from a tank storage in 

 Laconia, New Hampshire on Lake Winnisquam. The wind has blown the slick 

 across the lake from the facility against a group of uninhabited islands with 

 irregular shorelines. 



Most of the islands have light accumulations high up the rocky cliff 

 littoral zone with some accumulation in small coves. These islands are 

 State owned but are not inhabited and are only occasionally visited by boaters, 



Biological and Cultural Value 



Natural areas . Factors to be considered here are: low intensity oil, 

 nonrecreational areas, and low biological productivity. 



Score 1 

 Out of a possible 9 



109 



