Common use of Pollution Prevention and Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Pollution Prevention and Responsibility. Customer or its Agent will require all Vessels promptly and diligently to prevent, mitigate and remediate all pollution emanating from said Vessels. Customer or its Agent will require all Vessels to comply with Law and to carry all liability and pollution insurance required by Law. In the event of any Biomass spills or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by the fault of Customer’s Vessel, Owner shall immediately notify Customer, and, subject to Customer’s consent, is authorized to commence containment or cleanup operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Owner (and consented to by Customer). All reasonable costs of containment or cleanup for such spill or discharge shall be borne by Customer, except that, in the event a spill or discharge is the result of joint negligence or misconduct of both Owner and Customer’s Vessel, costs of containment or cleanup shall be borne jointly by Owner and Customer in proportion to each Party’s or its Vessel’s negligence or misconduct.