Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 9/11/2023

WDFW # 23-23154 Page 17 of 18 9. Quality Assurance Requirements Acceptable Quality Assurance documentation must be submitted to the WDFW Project Manager within 30 days of acceptance of this contract or another date as negotiated with the WDFW Project Manager. The Washington Department of Ecology’s National Estuary Program (NEP) Quality Coordinator supports quality assurance for EPA-funded NEP projects. No work involving direct measurements or data generation, environmental modeling, compilation of data from literature or electronic media, and data supporting the design, construction, and operation of environmental technology shall be initiated under this contract until the WDFW Project Manager or the NEP Quality Coordinator has approved the Grantee’s quality assurance document. The Grantee will submit all Quality Assurance documentation to the following address; please copy the WDFW Project Manager on all correspondence with the NEP Quality Coordinator listed at: https://ecology.wa.gov/Issues-and-local-projects/Investing-in-communities/Scientific-services/Quality- assurance/Quality-assurance-for-NEP-grantees. 10. Geospatial Data Standards All geospatial data created must be consistent with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed standards. Information on these standards may be found at www.fgdc.gov. 11. Information Collection Requirements The Grantee agrees to comply with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act in completing the project under this contract. Because the scope of work includes a survey, a questionnaire or similar information- gathering activity, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), requires the EPA to obtain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance prior to the Grantee’s collection of information by means of identical questions posed to 10 or more persons. The Grantee will provide to WDFW the following information: (1) description of the information to be collected; (2) explanation of the need for the information; and (3) to whom the survey is being directed. 12. International Travel (Including Canada) All International Travel must be approved by EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) through WDFW BEFORE travel occurs. Even a brief trip to a foreign country, for example to attend a conference, requires OITA approval. The Grantee will contact WDFW as soon as possible if travel is planned out of the country, including Canada and/or Mexico, so that WDFW can obtain appropriate approvals from EPA Headquarters. 13. Animal Subjects The Grantee agrees to comply with the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-544), as amended, 7 USC 2131- 2156. The Grantee also agrees to abide by the “U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals used in Testing, Research, and Training.” (Federal Register 50(97): 20864-20865. May 20,1985). DocuSign Envelope ID: 7FA61F69-7F37-4B7B-8E00-24BAE208A655