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1 REPORT NUMBER 



TN-1337 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO, 



3 RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (-and Sublllle) 



OIL CONTAMINATED BEACH CLEANUP 



5 TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Not final; Jul 1972 - Feb 1973 



6 PERFORMING ORG, REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORrs; 



J. J. Der, Ph.D. 



E. Ghormley, Ph.D. 



8 CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERf,-:) 



CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 

 Naval Construction Battalion Center 

 Pnrt Hiipnpmp, California 9S043 



10, PROGRAM ELEMENT PROJECT, TASK 

 AREA a WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



65-110 



11, CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Ship Systems Command 

 Washington, DC 20362 



12 REPORT DATE 



April 1974 



13 NUMBER OF PAGES 



39 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 



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18 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



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Environmental restoration, oil spill, oil containment systems, oil recovery systems, beach 

 cleanup, contaminated oil, mechanical equipment. 



A review of representative oil spill incidents supplemented by personal and telephone 

 interviews with persons involved in beach cleanup operations as on-scene coordinators or as 

 cleanup operators has been made to evaluate cleanup methods suitable for future operations. 

 The selection of procedure and equipment for beach cleanup was found to depend on the 

 amount of oil, the characteristics of the oil as it hits the beach, and the type of beach 

 contaminated. The most effective beach cleanup procedures and equipment have been (cont) 



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