Shoreline Assessment Manual (Paperback)

Original publisher: Seattle, Wash.: Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2000] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)656427665 Subject: Shorelines -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Excerpt: ... Buried oil is a site-specific problem that must be delineated by labor-intensive Buried oil during the Bouchard 155 ( Tampa digging to determine the areal extent of the buried layers. The presence of buried oil Bay ) and Buffalo 292 is noted on the shoreline survey form and delineated on a sketch map. However, ( Galveston ) spills depending on the skill of the sketcher and the complexity of the segment, cleanup crews may not be able to locate the buried oil by reading the forms and maps. Another approach, used during both the Buffalo 292 spill in Texas and the 1993 Bouchard 155 spill in Tampa Bay, is to provide the survey team with surveyor's flags to mark the location of buried oil to be removed. 9