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• • Section IX • General Provisions 1. Authorization to Represent the CO-PERMITTEE in NPDES MS4 Operating Permit Each CO- PERMITTEE hereby authorizes the COUNTY to act on its behalf only with respect to: the activities under this Agreement; and compliance with requirements of those monitoring, sampling, BMP, and BIv1AP portions under the NPDES MS4 Operating Permit. 2. Attendance at COUNTY Permit Review Meetings. The CO-PERMITTEES may, but are not required to, attend any or all regular meetings held by COUNTY staff for the purpose of reviewing the status of the NPDES MS4 Operating Permit. 3. Responsibility for Discharges The CO-PERMITTEES shall each be responsible for the control, investigation of and remedial activities relating to discharges of pollutants from within their respective MS4 or boundaries to the municipal separate storm sewer system of another NPDES MS4 CO- PERN'IITTEE, pursuant to the requirements of 40CFR 122.26(d)(2)(i)(D). 4. Identification of Discharges Both the CO-PERIVIITTEE whose stormwater system generates a pollutant discharge that impacts another CO-PERNIITEE'S system and the impacted CO- PERMITTEE agree to cooperate by providing the staff and equipment necessary to identify the source of pollutant discharges emanating from the separate storm sewer system of one CO-PERMITTEE to the separate storm sewer system of another CO-PERMITTEE. 5. Notification When pollutant discharges to a shared separate storm sewer system are discovered, the CO-PERMITTEES, or COUNTY, or any of the foregoing, as applicable, which are the source of the discharge(s) agree to report said discharges to the other affected parties sharing the particular MS4. The COUNTY shall assist, as needed, in any investigation and identification of a source of the discharge. If the COUNTY discovers a discharge in the separate storm sewer system of a CO-PERMITTEE or the _— COUNTY, the COUNTY will investigate the source of the discharge and report its findings to the affected NPDES CO-PERMITTEES. When an investigation specifically identifies a NPDES CO- PERMITTEE as the source of a pollutant discharge, then that CO-PERMITTEE shall be responsible for ceasing the discharge and remediating the effects of the discharge by restoring the affected MS4 in accordance with applicable standards. 6. Dispute Resolution When the parties sharing a MS4 cannot agree on the source of a discharge to their shared MS4, the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Watershed Management, shall be the final arbiter in determining jurisdiction and responsibility for cessation-of discharge, remediation, and final resolution. 7. Termination Each party may terminate that particular party's participation in this Agreement without cause by providing sixty (60) days prior written notice of termination to the other parties to this Agreement. CO-PERMITTEES shall be entitled to reimbursement of monies paid to the COUNTY only in the event of termination without cause by the COUNTY, and the CO-PERMITTEE shall then be entitled to such reimbursement only to the extent that services providing information useful to the 5