ORANGE COUNTY-CITY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITY

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only as necessary to reflect the participation of additional or fewer Subscriber Agencies during that fiscal year. B. Authority will attempt to collect, from the person or entity responsible for any Hazardous Materials Emergency to which a Provider Agency has responded within the jurisdiction of a Subscriber Agency, the reasonable value of all services performed by the Authority/Provider Agency. Each Subscriber Agency agrees to cooperate with the Authority in its collection efforts. Authority will continue its collection efforts for the period of its regular billing cycle as established by the Board. If the person or entity responsible for the Hazardous Materials Emergency does not pay to the Authority the amount billed within the regular billing cycle, the Subscriber Agency within whose jurisdiction the emergency occurred shall reimburse the Authority for the costs of repairing or replacing all materials and supplies damaged or destroyed in the course of providing services or which must be disposed of following the emergency. C. If the Subscriber Agency is potentially responsible for, but did not cause, the Hazardous Materials Emergency, as in the case of Hazardous Materials abandoned on property belonging to the Subscriber Agency, and an otherwise responsible party cannot be located, the Subscriber Agency shall reimburse the Authority for the costs of repairing or replacing all materials and supplies damaged or destroyed in the course of providing services. If the Subscriber Agency caused the Hazardous Materials Emergency, the Subscriber Agency shall pay the Authority the hourly rate for the applicable level of service established by the Board pursuant to Section 6.2 and the costs of repairing or replacing any equipment damaged or destroyed in the course of providing services. All fees and costs owing from Subscriber Agencies pursuant to this section C. shall be due within thirty (30) days of billing. 5.3 Services To and Reimbursement from Emergency Services Contract Agencies A. Neither the Authority nor the Provider Agencies are under any obligation to provide Hazardous Materials Emergency response services to, or within the jurisdiction of, any public -19-