Eastern Seaboard Petroleum; Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida | 1987-May-29

Initial Notification: At 2020 on May 20, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Jacksonville was notified of a spill of Number 6 fuel oil at the Eastern Seaboard Petroleum facility. The spill occurred when a tanker man overfilled a barge tank, spilling approximately 8,200 gallons of oil into the Trout and St. Johns Rivers. The oil impacted approximately 2 miles of sensitive marsh grass. Much of the oil came ashore in front of the U.S. Navy Fuel Depot and into a drainage ditch on the facility property. USCG district 7.