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1) Transmission lines providing electric power to the area, 2) Major trunk lines providing the backbone of the electric power distribution system within the area 3) Distribution Nines for electric power to critical facilities in the area, 4) Specific circumstances where falling of large trees poses an obvious threat to buildings, people or major transportation arteries. The report on the February 1996 floods, The Cascades West Region of Oregon and the February Flood of '1996: A Regional Flood Recovery P/an for Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn Counties, November 1996, contains many dozens of examples of sites which experienced winter storm flooding (mostly) and other winter storm impacts. This report also contains many dozens of excellent examples of possible mitigation projects, in the sections for each county dealing with "county-wide strategies" and "community strategies," including measures for the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. Detailed analysis, benefit-cost analysis, and priodtization of winter storm mitigation projects for localized flooding or wind effects follows a methodology essentially identical to that described in Section 3.2 of the Phase One Regional All Hazard Mitigation Master Plan for Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn Counties (1998). The analysis in Section 3.2 of the Phase One Plan 1998 for flooding outside of mapped floodplains uses a frequency-damage relationship to annualize risk and then to estimate the benefits of alternative mitigation projects. This same approach is applicable to evaluation of mitigation projects for wind effects of winter storms as well as for flood effects. This approach is also illustrated by examples in the Appendix to this Eugene/Springfield Metro Area Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The following table contains winter storm mitigation action items from the master Action Item table in Chapter 4. Public Review Draft: August 6, 2004 7-11