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Requesting Party for payment, subject to any protest by the Requesting Party. <br /> E. If the Assisting Party cannot reach a mutual agreement with the Division or the Requesting <br /> Party to the settlement of any protested bill or billed item, the Division, the Assisting Party, or the <br /> Requesting Party may elect binding arbitration to determine its liability for the protested bill or billed <br /> item in accordance with Section F of this Article. <br /> F. If the Division or a Participating Partyelects binding arbitration,trati n, it may select as an arbitrator <br /> any elected official of another Participating Party, or any other official of another Participating Party <br /> whose normal duties include emergency management, and the other Participating Party shall also select <br /> - such an official as an arbitrator, and the arbitrators thus chosen shall select another such official as a third <br /> arbitrator. <br /> G. The three (3) arbitrators shall convene by teleconference or videoconference within thirty (30) <br /> • - calendar days to consider any documents and any statements or arguments <br /> by the Department, the <br /> Requesting Party, or the Assisting Party concerning the protest, and shall render a decision in writing not <br /> later than ten (10) business days after the close of the hearing. The decision of a majority of the <br /> arbitrators shall bind theP arties,and shall be final. <br /> H. If the Requesting Party has not forwarded a request through the Division, or if an Assisting <br /> Party has rendered assistance without being requested to do so by the Division, the Division shall not be <br /> liable for the costs of any such assistance. All requests to the Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> (FEMA) for the reimbursement of costs incurred by any Participating Party shall be made by and through <br /> the Division. <br /> I. If FEMA denies any request for reimbursement of costs which the Division has already <br /> • advanced to an Assisting Party, the Assisting Party shall repay such costs to the Division, but the Division <br /> may waive such repayment for cause. <br /> ARTICLE VIII. <br /> 8 <br />