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EXHIBIT B <br />Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund -Grant Program (AWAF) <br />1. NEEDS AND OBJECTIVES OF DBW <br />Pursuant to its authority under Harbors and Navigation Code section 525, the Division <br />of Boating and Waterways (DBW) wishes to contract with Grantee for the removal and <br />disposal of abandoned, wrecked or dismantled vessels, or parts thereof, or any other <br />partially submerged objects (hereinafter "eligible water hazards") which pose a <br />substantial hazard to navigation within Grantee's jurisdiction as listed on the <br />Questionnaire, found in Exhibit A. <br />2. WATER HAZARDS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL <br />The funds provided under this Agreement shall be used for the abatement, removal, <br />storage and and/or disposal of eligible water hazards. For purposes of this Agreement, <br />"abandoned" is defined in Harbors and Navigation Code section 522(a): <br />"Any hulk, derelict, wreck, or parts of any ship, vessel, or other watercraft sunk, <br />beached, or allowed to remain in an unseaworthy or dilapidated condition upon publicly <br />owned submerged lands, salt marsh, or tidelands within the corporate limits of any <br />municipal corporation or other public corporation or entity having jurisdiction or control <br />over those lands, without its consent expressed by resolution of its legislative body, for <br />a period longer than 30 days without a watchman or other person being maintained <br />upon or near and in charge of the property, is abandoned property". <br />The funds provided under this Agreement shall not be utilized for abatement, removal, <br />storage, or disposal of commercial vessels. Commercial vessels include those vessels <br />for which the most recent registration or documentation was commercial, even though <br />that registration or documentation may have lapsed. <br />If Grantee is reimbursed for the costs related to the abatement, removal, storage, and/or <br />disposal of an eligible water hazard by the registered or legal owner or other person or <br />entity known to have an interest in the water hazard, then the water hazard shall no <br />longer be eligible for funding under this Agreement. Grantee shall notify DBW in writing <br />of such reimbursement and shall return all funds disbursed by DBW to Grantee with <br />respect to such water hazard immediately. <br />3. RIGHT OF INSPECTION <br />Grantee shall allow DBW and other state agency representatives, at any reasonable <br />time, to inspect any site where Grantee or its subcontractors are performing work under <br />this Agreement. <br />OA <br />