Primary response contractors for spill cleanup

Select a measured mile for your test location. This can be a measured mile from designated/charted measured mile markers or between known charted navigational aids. Run the vessel on a measured mile a minimum of four runs (four different directions). Runs should be conducted with normal loads of fuel, water, personnel, boom and recovery equipment on board.

Record the following data and include in your alternative request submission:

• Vessel for which the alternative speed is requested
• Speed
• Run
• Location
• Date of run

• Distance
• Engine RPM
• Elapsed time
• Calculated speed
• Conditions of the day, wind/sea conditions

The vessel must travel away from its home base in one direction for one hour. The time test should be conducted with normal loads of fuel, water, personnel, boom, and recovery equipment on board.

Record the following data and include in your alternative request submission:

• Lat/long information every 10 minutes for both the destination and return trip (total of approximately two hours).
• Description of conditions of the day including weather and sea state conditions.
• Engine RPM during the test.
• Calculated average speed.

The vessel log should contain the following information:

• Vessel arrival time and location, including latitude and longitude.
• Vessel departure time and location, including latitude and longitude.
• Sea state conditions.
• Description of load conditions (log entry should be for a trip conducted with normal loads of fuel, water, personnel, boom and recovery equipment on board).
• Engine RPM during the test.
• Calculated average speed.

If a plan holder/PRC has documentation of a United States Coast Guard approved alternative transit speed, it may be submitted to us for review and approval. If we are invited to, and present during any of the tests, our representative will record all the information for documentation (detailed above). The requester will no longer need to submit documentation. If approval of alternate travel time is granted by us, you will receive a letter detailing the equipment and the approved travel speeds.