U.S. Navy Ship Salvage Manual Volume 6 - Oil Spill Response

S0300-A6-MAN-060The requesting activity must provide a contact for all transportation coordination with a 24-hourphone number. A complete shipping address for the delivery site must be provided to SUPSALVbefore shipment of the equipment from the ESSM warehouses.C-3 FUNDING, COST ACCOUNTING and REIMBURSEMENTThe Navy’s inventory of offshore spill response equipment has been procured by SUPSALV andis maintained and operated by SUPSALV personnel and SUPSALV contractor personnel withinthe SUPSALV ESSM system. SUPSALV pays for equipment storage and maintenance within theESSM bases. All operational costs for response to Navy spills (including SUPSALV/ contractorcosts) must be funded by the fleet commander in chief for vessel spills and by the major claimantfor facility spills. These funding requirements are established in OPNAVINST 5090.1 (series).SUPSALV operational costs include SUPSALV personnel travel, per diem and overtime; and allcontractor costs for equipment mobilization, on-scene operation and maintenance, demobilizationand rehabilitation. This includes replacement of consumables and/or repair or replacement ofequipment damaged or destroyed while under the operational control of the NOSC. Shippingcosts are funded separately by NAVSEA Transportation Accounting Code (TAC) number. Priorto an official NOSC/NOSCDR request for SUPSALV assistance, SUPSALV representatives canbe reached by telephone to provide a daily cost estimate for response based on the agreed-uponlevel of response (i.e., number of skimmer systems, quantity of boom, personnel requirements,etc.).When the NOSCs or NOSCDRs request SUPSALV to respond to a pollution incident (throughCNO) they must state that they will reimburse NAVSEA for all SUPSALV operational costsincurred in the incident response. Shortly after SUPSALV mobilization, SUPSALV fiscal representativeswill contact the NOSC’s fiscal agent to explain and discuss appropriate reimbursementprocedures.The on-scene SUPSALV representative will present to the NOSC daily cost summaries of allexpenses incurred as the operation progresses. The daily cost summaries provide the NOSC witha daily summary of deployed SUPSALV assets, an accurate estimate of SUPSALV costs incurredto date and an opportunity to resolve any SUPSALV cost questions in a timely manner. An exampleof the daily cost summary is presented in Figure C-2. Navy contingency plans must addresson-scene fiscal and accounting requirements and ready availability of funding for prompt paymentof NAVSEA billings.C-10