US Vessel Response Plans – Salvage and Marine Firefighting Requirements Final Rule – 31 December 2008 (Deadline for implementation – 22 February 2011) Vo.2  (update) 20 October 2010 No.10-017 This circular applies to owners of tank vessels carrying oil calling at US ports. Salvage agreements We refer to Circular No.10-010 of 3 September 2010 concerning the above, which provided a list of salvor contracts/funding agreements which had been reviewed by the International Group. On 27 September 2010 the US Coast Guard published Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular **(NVIC) No. 2-10** providing guidance for the implementation and enforcement of the requirements under the Final Rule. This NVIC can be found using the following link. https://homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/Attachments/1487/NVIC%202-10.pdf The NVIC provides a summary of the procedural steps necessary for updating owners' existing vessel response plans as well as appendices containing answers to frequently asked questions and a glossary of terms. We regret that in the previous circular there was an error in Annex 4 which contained a technical comparison of the contracts reviewed and a rate comparison. On page 4 there is an error under "contract" in the first two columns. In addition T&T Bisso has published some new rates which came into effect on 1 September 2010. A revised Annex 4 is attached updated and amended where relevant. The amendments are shown in yellow. There has been a small amendment to the DonjonSmit contract and this has been reissued with a new footer. The current salvor contracts/funding agreements which have been reviewed by the International Group and found to conform with the Vessel Response Plan salvage guidelines are the following: DonjonSmit - July 2010, Version 1.1 on page 1 and Version 1.0 on subsequent pages MRA - Dated 2 August 2010 Resolve - Dated 14 June 2010 T&T Bisso - Non US - 22 April 2010; US -15 June 2010 All Clubs in the International Group of P&I Clubs