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APPENDIX B
AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A
MERC TREATMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
This Agreement to Participate in an Evaluation is entered into this ___ day of
_________, 2009 between the Maritime Environmental Resource Center (“MERC”), P.O. Box
38, Solomons, Maryland 20688, and __________________________ (“Participant”),
___________________________________________________________________ (address),
(collectively, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, in [DATE], MERC issued a Request for Technologies that invited
manufacturers of Ballast Water Treatment Systems to participate in an independent testing
program designed to verify the performance of commercially available Ballast Water Treatment
Systems (the “Program”), and
WHEREAS, after reviewing and considering the Request for Technologies, the
Participant submitted an application seeking to participate in the Program, and
WHEREAS, MERC reviewed and accepted the Participant’s application and
conducted an evaluation of the Participant’s Ballast Water Treatment System(s), and
WHEREAS, MERC and the Participant now wish to proceed with the Program on
the terms set forth below,
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and
consideration set forth in this Agreement, the receipt and adequacy of which both hereby
acknowledge, the Parties agree as follows:
1.
Recitals. The Parties incorporate the foregoing recitals as part of this
Agreement.
2.
Evaluation Protocols. Evaluation Protocols include MERC Quality
Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Product specific