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State of Washington Department of Ecology <br />Agreement No: TCPRA-1921-EverPW-00080 <br />Project Title: Everett Landfill Tire Fire <br />Recipient Name: CITY OF EVERETT <br />Page 22 of 27 <br />accordance with the decision rendered. <br />Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to limit the parties' choice of another mutually acceptable method, in addition to the <br />dispute resolution procedure outlined above. <br />12. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA STANDARDS <br />a) RECIPIENT shall prepare a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for a prof ect that collects or uses environmental <br />measurement data. RECIPIENTS unsure about whether a QAPP is required for their project shall contact the ECOLOGY <br />Program issuing the grant or loan. If a QAPP is required, the RECIPIENT shall: <br />• Use ECOLOGY's QAPP Template/Checklist provided by the ECOLOGY, unless ECOLOGY Quality Assurance (QA) <br />officer or the Program QA coordinator instructs otherwise. <br />• Follow ECOLOGY's Guidelines for Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Studies, July 2004 <br />(Ecology Publication No. 04-03-030). <br />Submit the QAPP to ECOLOGY for review and approval before the start of the work. <br />b) RECIPIENT shall submit environmental data that was collected on a project to ECOLOGY using the Environmental <br />Information Management system (EIMI), unless the ECOLOGY Program instructs otherwise. The RECIPIENT must confirm <br />with ECOLOGY that complete and correct data was successfully loaded into EIM, find instructions at: <br />hUp://www.cey.wa.gov/eim. <br />c) RECIPIENT shall follow ECOLOGY'S data standards when Geographic Information System {GIS) data is collected and <br />processed. Guidelines for Creating and Accessing GIS Data are available at. <br />httpsAHecology.wa.gov/Research-Data/Data-resources/Geographic-Information-Systems-GIS/Standards. RECIPIENT, when <br />requested by ECOLOGY, shall provide copies to ECOLOGY of all final GIS data layers, imagery, related tables, raw data <br />collection files, map products, and all metadata and project documentation. <br />13. GOVERNING LAW <br />This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, and the venue of any action brought hereunder will be <br />in the Superior Court of Thurston County, <br />14. INDEMNIFICATION <br />ECOLOGY will in no way be held responsible far payment of salaries, consultant`s fees, and other costs related to the project <br />described herein, except as provided in the Scope of Work. <br />To the extent that the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington permit, each party will indemnify and hold the other <br />harmless from and against any liability for any or all injuries to persons or property arising from the negligent act or omission of <br />that party or that party's agents or employees arising out of this Agreement. <br />155 <br />INDEPENDENT STATUS <br />The employees, volunteers, ox agents of each parry who are engaged in the performance of this Agreement will continue to be <br />employees, volunteers, or agents of that party and will not for any purpose be employees, volunteers, or agents of the other <br />party. <br />16. KICKBACKS <br />RECIPIENT is prohibited from inducing by any means any person employed or otherwise involved in this Agreement to give up <br />any part of the compensation to which he/she is otherwise entitled to or receive any fee, commission, or gift in return for award <br />of a subcontract hereunder. <br />17. MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (MWBE) <br />Template Version 10/30/2015 <br />