Mellow Motors; Greenbrae, California

Greenbrae, California | 1986-Jul-25

Initial Notification: At 0900 on July 25, 1986, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, (MSO), Alameda, California received a report that a 600 gallon capacity waste oil tank at Mellow Motors in Greenbrae California had overflowed. Approximately 1,000 gallons of waste oil was released into a pipe, which leads to a storm drain with eventual access to an estuary that leads to San Francisco Bay. Mellow Motors took full financial responsibility to clean up the spill. The Coast Guard notified the California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Wildlife Service, and local environmental groups involved in research of the nearby marshlands. USCG district 11.