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Stale of Washinglon Dcpamrcm of Ecologr <br />Agrconcnt No: OTGP-2@!-KiCoSW40050 <br />ProjectTitle: FeasibilityStudyintoSccond8ryRecyclingMarkets <br />Recipicnt Namc: KITTITAS COLTNTY - SOLID WASTE <br />Pagc 16 of2l <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. ENVTRONMEN'TAL DATA STANDARDS <br />a) RECIPIENT shall prepare a QualityAsswance Project Plan (QAPP) for a project that collects oruses environmental <br />measurement data. RECIPIENTS unsure about whether a QAPP is required for theirproject 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 />offrcer or the Program QA coordinator inshucts otherwise. <br />. Follow ECOLOGY's Guidelines for Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Studies, July 2004 <br />(Ecology Publication No. 0+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 ECOLOGYusing the Environmental <br />Information Management system (En$, nnless the ECOLOGY Program insfiucts otherwise. The RECIPIENT must confirm <br />with ECOLOGY that complete and correct data was successfully loaded into EIM, find instuctions at: <br />http ://www. ecy.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 andAccessing GIS Data are available at: <br />https://ecology.wa.gov/Research-DatalData-resources/Geographic-Information-Systems€Is/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 for 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 parly's agents or employees arising out of this Agreement. <br />15. INDEPENDENTSTAruS <br />The employees, volunteers, or agents of each party who are engaged in the performance of this AgreEment will continue to be <br />employees, volunteers, or agents ofthat party and will not for any purpose be employees, volunteers, or agents ofthe 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 subconhact hereunder. <br />17. MINORITYAT{D WOMEN',S BUSINESS ENTERPRTSES (}[WBE) <br />Templatc Vcrsion lU I 0 I 2020