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Cape Mohican (San Francisco Drydock Bunker Fuel Oil Spill)

Fuel oil in a stabilization tank on the SS Cape Mohican flowed from the vessel into a drydock operated by San Francisco Drydock and overflowed from the drydock into San Francisco Bay.

  • Date/Time Frame
  • October 28, 1996
  • Statute
  • OPA
  • State
  • California
  • Substances
  • oil
  • Injury
  • Birds, Fish, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Recreational Use, Surface Water
Consent Decrees:

1998.09.17 Related Document

  • Federal Trustees:
  • Department of the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
  • State Trustees:
  • California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Regional Water Quality Control Board (San Francisco Bay Region)?
  • Potentially Responsible Parties:
  • United States as owner of the <em>SS Cape Mohican</em>