Xerox Corporation; Newark, California

Newark, California | 1987-Jul-23

Initial Notification: At 0807 on July 23, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Alameda, was notified by the Xerox Corporation plant supervisor in Newark, California, that a generator fuel gauge had malfunctioned. As a result, a tank had overflowed, spilling an unspecified amount of diesel fuel into a drain which leads to a slough that is part of the greater San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge. The Coast Guard notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, and California Regional Water Quality Control Board. A sheen was observed near the Xerox corporation outfall. USCG district 11.