U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
Chapter 3 - Tasking and Funding
3-1 USN/USCG Interagency Agreement (Obligation) and Mission Assignment
The 1980 Interagency Agreement between the United States Navy and the United States Coast
Guard for Cooperation in Oil Spill Clean-up Operations and Salvage Operations provides
conditions and procedures under which the USCG can request U.S. Navy support for oil spill
clean-up or salvage equipment for non-Navy oil spills and which the U.S. Navy can request
USCG support for U.S. Navy jurisdiction oil spills. The agreement also outlines reimbursement
procedures and policies.
The Federal On-Scene Coordinator is responsible for ensuring proper cost documentation
records are maintained. Activities providing assistance in support of clean-up operations are
entitled to reimbursement for the following items:
• Travel, per diem, and overtime costs for personnel
• Rental costs as approved, for non-expendable equipment
• Replacement costs for expendable materials
• Replacement or repair costs for non-expendable equipment which is damaged during
conduct of the operation
• Transportation costs
• Incremental operating and contract costs
This reimbursement process not only includes operating costs (to cover ESSM contractor
salaries and operating expenses) but includes replacement costs for expendable items and/or
rental rates for non-expendable equipment. (USCG used rental rates to reimburse SUPSALV for
use of non-expendable equipment after the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill.)
3-2 Initial Tasking and Response.
As highlighted in the Chapter 1, Introduction, SUPSALV responded to verbal tasking on April 27
and formal message tasking on April 28, 2010. Other key milestones associated with SUPSALV
tasking are provided below.
Date:
Event:
4/20/10 Deepwater Horizon well explodes and rig catches fire. (21:45)
4/22/10 Deepwater Horizon rig sinks in 5,100 feet of water. (10:21)
4/23/10 Incident federalized, National Incident Command Structure initiated
4/27/10 Using in-place ISSA, USCG verbally requests SUPSALV commence moving OSR
equipment fm CONUS ESSM bases to GOM. SUPSALV/ESSM Contractor begin
pack-out.
4/28/10 Written request and funding received, equipment begins moving
4/29/10 First equipment arrives in Gulfport, MS. Received first USCG MIPR for $3.5M for
boom and skimming capability. Spill of National Significance declared
4/30/10 First boom deployed offshore
5/07/10 OSV VANGUARD with VOSS deployed
5/11/10 Directed to ship boom and skimmers from ESSM Alaska
6/08/10 MARCO Class V near shore skimmers deployed across nine locations in Gulf
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