Carrol & Carrol; Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia | 1987-Mar-26

Initial Notification: On March 26, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Savannah, received a report of 500 to 1,000 gallons of heavy dark oil in the Savannah River. The oil appeared to be weathered, with no apparent source. An employee of Southern Railroad later reported oil in a drainage ditch. The train crew walked the ditch bank from Dundee Canal to an apparent source on the property of Carrol & Carrol, Inc. A pool of black oily material had collected beneath an over-the-road tank trailer parked on the property. Black oil was traced via a drainage ditch to the Dundee Canal, which leads into the Savannah River. USCG district 7.