ORANGE COUNTY-CITY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITY

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D. Immediately comply with any request of the Response Team, Provider Agency or Authority to provide police, fire or other personnel or services to assist the Response Team, control vehicular traffic and pedestrian access to the scene of the Hazardous Materials Emergency, or contain or clean-up any Hazardous Materials within the Participating Agency's jurisdiction. These services shall be provided at no cost to the Authority or the Provider Agencies. Neither the Authority nor the responding Provider Agency shall be responsible to provide these services or for any costs or expenses related thereto. In the event these services are not provided, the responding Provider Agency shall have the right, but not the obligation, to contract for such services as may be necessary, or in the alternative, the Response Team shall have the right to withdraw from the scene of the Hazardous Materials Emergency. In the event the responding Provider Agency finds it necessary to contract for services to be provided pursuant to this subsection, the Participating Agency otherwise responsible for providing the service shall fully reimburse the Provider Agency within thirty (30) days from the date costs are billed. 9. FEE PROVISIONS The following special provisions shall control the Authority, the Board, the Treasurer and the Auditor relative to the collection and disbursement of funds received or recovered from Participating Agencies, federal or state grant programs, and persons or entities who receive services and those responsible for a Hazardous Materials Emergency, 5.1 Provider A eg ncies A. The Provider Agencies, in consideration of their right to receive funds as hereinafter provided, and, without charge, Hazardous Materials Emergency response services from other Provider Agencies, agree to make in -kind contributions to the Authority in the form of a Response Team, -16-