Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard

Oath for Documentation of Vessels For Use by a Not-For-Profit Oil Spill Response Cooperative [46 U.S.C. 12106(d)]

Cooperative:

I, the undersigned officer of _____, a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative, swear that I am legally authorized to make this oath on behalf of the cooperative, and its members and that the cooperative has accepted the vessel _____.

I/we _____, am/are the owner(s) of the vessel. I/we further swear that the vessel has been dedicated to the exclusive use of the cooperative for the purpose of training for, carrying out, or supporting oil spill cleanup operations or related research activities for discharges of oil into the navigable waters of the United States and the Exclusive Economic Zone and that the cooperative has accepted the vessel.

For the Cooperative:

For Each Vessel Owner:

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year shown.

(Notary Public)

[CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992, as amended by USCG-2003-14505, 68 FR 9535, Feb. 28, 2003. Redesignated by USCG-2007-28098, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]