| Year | Polluting substance | Volume, in gallons | Receiving waterbody | State or Territory | Cause of spill |
| 1994 | Heavy fuel oil | 750,000 | Atlantic Ocean | Puerto Rico | Tank barge grounded |
| 1994 | Crude oil | 320,000 | San Jacinto River | Texas | Facility flood damage |
| 1994 | Oil condensate | 176,694 | Gulf of Mexico | na | Subsea pipeline ruptured |
| 1994 | Gasoline | 300,000 | Mississippi River | Missouri | Storage tank leak |
| 1994 | Crude oil | 90,342 | Tributary1 | Texas | Pipeline ruptured |
| 1995 | Turpentine | 700,000 | Estuary2 | Georgia | Storage tank fire |
| 1995 | Sodium hydroxide | 135,000 | Estuary2 | Georgia | Storage tank fire |
| 1995 | Slurry oil | 194,502 | Mississippi River | Louisiana | Tank barge collision |
| 1995 | Diesel fuel oil | 95,500 | Gulf of Mexico3 | na | Two ships collided |
| 1995 | Crude oil | 60,000 | Delaware River | New Jersey | Transfer hose damage |
| 1996 | No. 2 oil | 957,600 | Reedy River | South Carolina | Pipeline ruptured |
| 1996 | No. 2 oil | 828,000 | Moonstone Beach (Atlantic Ocean) | Rhode Island | Tank barge grounded |
| 1996 | Oil condensate | 200,000 | Atchafalaya River | Louisiana | Oil rig gasket failure |
| 1996 | Fuel oil | 176,400 | Galveston Bay | Texas | Tank barge damage |
| 1996 | Fuel oil | 165,900 | Casco Bay | Maine | Tank ship hit bridge |
| 1997 | Oil | 84,000 | Creek | Louisiana | Storage tank overflow |
| 1997 | Crude oil | 210,000 | Lake Barre | Louisiana | Pipeline ruptured |
| 1998 | Diesel fuel | 118,000 | Pacific Ocean | na | Fishing vessel sank |
| 1998 | Crude oil | 154,000 | Mississippi River | Louisiana | Tank barge collision |
Source: U.S. Deptartment of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, Pollution Incidents In and Around U.S. Waters: A Spill/Release Compendium, 1969-1999 (DOT, USCG, Washington, DC, 2000).
Notes: 1Crude oil was spilled into a tributary of the Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays. 2A storage tank caught fire and exploded near Savannah, Georgia, spilling pollutants into the water. 3Two foreign flag freight vessels collided in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Southwest Pass entrance to the Mississippi River.
Last Updated on 1/21/01