IV-4C4 



Santa Barbara, California 



An emission of oil originating in the vicinity of an offshore 

 drilling platform operated by Union Oil Company began on January 28, 

 1969, and was not contained until 12 days later; subsequently, 

 additional oil began leaking through the ocean floor. 



The oil came ashore in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and covered 

 beaches that are a major recreational resource of the area. The 

 Union Oil Company accepted responsibility for cleaning the beaches 

 and other property damaged by the oil, and by June 1, 1969, had 

 spend $4,600,000 for this purpose. (IV-6-6, IV-6-7). 



DAMAGE TO NAVIGATION 

 Charleston Harbor, South Carolina 



The information for this case study was obtained from the U. S. 

 Army Corps of Engineers Report "Survey Report on Cooper River, 

 South Carolina (Shoaling in Charleston Harbor)," 1966, and from 

 "A Retrospective Economic Analysis of the Santee-Cooper Project," 

 December 1967, by William Augustus Ward. 



As part of the national plan to minimize unemployment during the 

 great depression of the 1930's the South Carolina Public Service 

 Authority was formed for the purpose of building a large dam, water 

 supply, flood control, navigation lock, recreation and employment 

 opportunity complex. Cost-benefit analysis was needed to show that 



