N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21, § 154.1 – Salvage work.

(a) The following rates will be charged for the use of Canal Corporation equipment:

(1)	Tug	$35 per hour
(2)	Tender tug	$20 per hour
(3)	Buoy boat (with operator and supplies)	$9 per hour
(4)	Derrick boat (without propulsion)	$35 per hour
(5)	Derrick boat (self–propelled)	$50 per hour
(6)	Self–propelled scow	$15 per hour
	(with personnel or equipment)
(7)	Steel flat scow (150–ton)	$35 per day or
	(without personnel or equipment)	fraction thereof
(8)	Steel flat scow (450–ton)	$45 per day or
	(without personnel or equipment)	fraction thereof
(9)	Dump scow	$50 per day or
	(without personnel or equipment)	fraction thereof
(10)	Dipper–dredge	$55 per hour
(11)	Hydraulic dredge	$60 per hour
(12)	Gasoline pump	$8 per hour
	(with operator and accessories, but gasoline and oil to be furnished by the user)

(b) The basis for applying daily rates will include the entire period from the time when such equipment is taken from its headquarters or its normal station location to the time that such equipment is returned thereto. The basis for applying hourly rates will be the actual hours that the equipment is worked or operated, including transit time for movement of such equipment from its normal station location and its return thereto.
(c) Use of equipment and personnel will be limited to salvage work on floats sunk in the canal channel or those in danger of obstructing navigation.
1. (1) Division director will determine with the Director of Canal Maintenance and Operations as to necessity for use of Canal Corporation equipment.
2. (2) Division director will determine what personnel and equipment will be needed and probable length of service.
  1. (i) Division director will bill owner or person responsible for estimated cost of assistance at established rates and make request for immediate payment.
  2. (ii) Copies to the Director of Canal Maintenance and Operations and the Authority's Office of Investments and Asset Management.
3. (3) Canal Corporation equipment will be operated as directed by the person in charge of salvage operations but the Canal Corporation shall assume no responsibility therefor.
4. (4) On completion of work and return to Canal Corporation location, division director will prepare revised invoice in quadruplicate, and disperse all copies as follows:
  1. (i) Owner.
  2. (ii) Director of Canal Maintenance and Operations.
  3. (iii) Authority's Office of Investments and Asset Management. This copy to show payroll and voucher reference on detail sheet.
  4. (iv) Division director.
    (d) Reimbursement for damages to canal structures.
5. (1) Division director estimates the cost of the work and submits original estimate invoice as follows:
  1. (i) Owner—with request for payment of 75 percent.
  2. (ii) Director of Canal Maintenance and Operations.
  3. (iii) Authority's Office of Investments and Asset Management.
  4. (iv) Division director retains copy.
6. (2) Division director prepares revised invoice when work is completed. If final invoice exceeds the 75 percent, request is made by the division director for the difference; if it is less than 75 percent, refund is made by the Authority's Office of Investments and Asset Management. The division director disperses invoices as follows:
  1. (i) Owner.
  2. (ii) Director of Canal Maintenance and Operations.
  3. (iii) Authority's Office of Investments and Asset Management.
  4. (iv) Division director retains copy.