* – Operated by Delaware Bay Launch Service, user charged at cost plus 15%. DBLS boat is additional and billed at cost plus 15%

Equipment Rental Terms & Conditions

1. “User” is defined as the party who activates the Delaware Bay & River Cooperative, Inc., and requests deployment of DBRC resources.
2. A day is defined as twenty-four (24) hours or any part thereof.
3. Daily rates will begin upon call out and continue at full daily rates until the equipment is released from cleaning and repair. When equipment is released from a spill, it must be cleaned and placed back in operational condition to DBRC’s satisfaction.
4. Sufficient personnel, either DBRC employees or DBRC trained contracted personnel, will be provided to safely and efficiently operate any equipment requested.

Equipment Rental Terms & Conditions

1. All expendable items: sorbents, rags, cleaning compounds, fuel, etc., will be charged to user at cost plus 15%.
2. All incidental expenses: lodgings, food, parking fees, telephone, etc., will be charged to user at cost plus 15%.
3. Food for personnel on the OSRV’s DELBAY and DELRIVER will be charged at the rate of $35.00 per person per day.
4. An insurance surcharge of $25.00 per person per day will be charged for all DBRC and DBRC’s subcontractor personnel operating DBRC equipment on the water.
5. Disposal of recovered oil, oiled sorbents and other materials associated with the spill response and cleaning of the DBRC equipment will be the responsibility of the user.
6. DBRC boom to be deployed at pre-planned boom sites (18 sites as of 01/04/14) will be deployed by member companies’ emergency response teams or by DBRC’s contractor. The contractor to tend the boom after initial deployment will be contracted by DBRC. Member company response personnel will be billed at $75 per hour and all contractor expenses will be billed at DBRC cost plus 15%. Member company equipment used in spill response will be billed at the same rates as comparable DBRC equipment. The 18 pre-planned sites are: Cooper River, Newton Creek, Big Timber Creek, Woodbury Creek, Mantua Creek, Aunt Debs Ditch, Old Canal, Raccoon Creek, Oldmans Creek, Darby Creek, Crum Creek, Ridley Creek, Chester Creek, Naaman’s Creek, Shellpot Creek, Christina River, Pea Patch Island and New Castle.
7. All contractors employed by DBRC during a spill response will be billed at DBRC cost plus 15%.
8. Any services necessary for a DBRC response will be billed at DBRC cost plus 15%.
9. A $40.00/day charge for personnel protective equipment (PPE) will be charged for each DBRC person involved in spill response.
10. A hull insurance surcharge for DBRC vessels will be charged according to the following schedule:

Payment Terms

All spill responses will be invoiced payable net 30 days. A finance charge of 1 1/2% per month, which is an annual percentage rate of 18%, will be charged on all past due accounts.

DBRC’s published rates will not be discounted.

Personnel Terms & Conditions

1. All personnel are billed on a portal-to-portal basis, with a four (4) hour minimum.
2. Salaried employees will be prorated on an eight (8) hour day basis for the first four (4) hours of each day worked. Any time worked beyond four (4) hours will be charged at the full day rate.
3. Hourly employees are subject to the following:
   1. Prior to 07:00 hrs and/or after 15:30 hrs except as below: time and one-half.
   2. From 00:00 to 23:59:59 hrs. Saturday: time and one-half.
   3. From 00:00 to 23:59:59 hrs. Sunday & Holidays: double-time.
   4. For the purposes of (c), the following will be considered to be included holidays: New Year’s Day, All Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.
4. Per Diems incurred on User’s behalf will be billed at $175 per man per day
5. All personnel are billed on a portal-to-portal basis, with a four (4) hour minimum.
6. Salaried employees will be prorated on an eight (8) hour day basis for the first four (4) hours of each day worked. Any time worked beyond four (4) hours will be charged at the full day rate.
7. Hourly employees are subject to the following:
   1. Prior to 07:00 hrs and/or after 15:30 hrs except as below: time and one-half.
   2. From 00:00 to 23:59:59 hrs. Saturday: time and one-half.
   3. From 00:00 to 23:59:59 hrs. Sunday & Holidays: double-time.
   4. For the purposes of (c), the following will be considered to be included holidays: New Year’s Day, All Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.
8. Per Diems incurred on User’s behalf will be billed at $175 per man per day