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AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE
AB939 IMPLEMENTATION FEE
This Agreement is made by and among the Cities and Towns of Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy,
Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Monte Sereno, Mountain View,
Palo Alto, San José, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale (CITIES) and the County of Santa
Clara (COUNTY) on the _________ day of ____________ 2018. The term CITIES may refer to
Cities collectively or a City individually.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 41901, a city, county, or city
and county may impose fees in amounts sufficient to pay the costs of preparing, adopting, and
implementing an integrated waste management plan;
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors established the Countywide AB939
Implementation Fee effective July 1, 1992 to fund local costs of preparing, adopting, and
implementing integrated waste management plans and programs;
WHEREAS, the Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission of Santa Clara County
(“Commission”) has determined that a Countywide AB939 Implementation Fee (Fee) is
necessary, pursuant to Public Resource Code 41901, to assist in funding the costs of preparing,
adopting and implementing integrated waste management plans and programs in the fifteen cities
and the unincorporated area of the county;
WHEREAS, in 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved the Fee for Fiscal Years 2016,
2017, and 2018 at $4.10 per ton of waste to be disposed;
WHEREAS, the Commission hereby recommends that the Board approve the Fee for
Fiscal Years 2019, 2020, and 2021 at $4.10 per ton of waste to be disposed;
WHEREAS, the Fee shall be imposed on each ton of waste landfilled or incinerated
within the County; received at any non-disposal or collection facility located within the County
and subsequently transported for disposal or incineration outside of the County; collected from
any location within the County by a solid waste hauler operating pursuant to a franchise,
contract, license, or permit issued by any local jurisdiction and subsequently transported for
disposal or incineration outside of the County; or removed from any location in the County by
any person or business for disposal or incineration outside the County; and
WHEREAS, state law requires jurisdictions to plan and implement household hazardous
waste (HHW) services; and
WHEREAS, HHW programs provide household hazardous waste management services
to residents of Santa Clara County and are necessary services to enable jurisdic tions to meet the
requirements of state law; and
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WHEREAS, jurisdictions in Santa Clara County desire to provide safe, convenient, and
economical means for residents to properly dispose of household hazardous wastes in an
environmentally safe manner in order to avoid unauthorized or improper disposal in the garbage,
sanitary sewer, storm drain system, or on the ground, in a manner which creates a health or
environmental hazard. These wastes include, but are not limited to, common household products
such as household cleaning products, furniture polish, solvents, oven cleaner, pesticides, oil
based paints, motor oil, antifreeze, fluorescent lamps, and batteries; and
WHEREAS, the County will collect the Fee on behalf of the fifteen cities and the
unincorporated area and will apportion the Fee according to the terms of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, CITIES and COUNTY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Agreement is to state the terms and conditions under which the COUNTY
will collect and distribute the Fee of $4.10 per ton in Fiscal Years 2019, 2020 and 2021 of waste
to be disposed. The Fee is divided into two parts: 1) a Program Fee of $1.50 per ton to assist in
funding the costs of preparing, adopting, and implementing the integrated waste management
plan in the fifteen cities and the unincorporated area of the County; and 2) a Household
Hazardous Waste (HHW) Fee of $2.60 per ton to provide funding to implement the Countywide
HHW Program. The Program Fee will be allocated among jurisdictions as described in Exhibit
C, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The HHW Fee will be allocated to the COUNTY,
CITIES, and Countywide HHW Program and participating jurisdictions as described in Exhibit
C, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The Fee shall be imposed on each ton of waste
landfilled or incinerated within the County; received at any non-disposal or collection facility
located within the County and subsequently transported for disposal or incineration outside of
the County; collected from any location within the County by a solid waste hauler operating
pursuant to a franchise, contract, license, or permit issued by any local jurisdiction and
subsequently transported for disposal or incineration outside of the County; or removed from any
location in the County by any person or business for disposal or incineration outside the County.
Non-Disposal Facilities are defined as those facilities included in the County of Santa Clara Non-
Disposal Facility Element (and subsequent amendments to that Element) and are listed in Exhibit
A, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY COUNTY
COUNTY will collect and distribute the Fee. COUNTY will collect the Fee from landfills and
non-disposal facilities listed in Exhibit A, and any landfill or non-disposal facility subsequently
permitted, on a quarterly basis using data from tonnage reports filed by landfill and non-disposal
facility operators with the County Recycling and Waste Reduction Division. The COUNTY
shall require each landfill and non-disposal facility to submit required payment, documentation
of tonnages disposed, and state-mandated Disposal Reporting System Reports on a quarterly
basis, within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter. Late submissions and/or payments
shall be subject to a late filing penalty and delinquent penalties. COUNTY will research Santa
Clara County tonnage reported to COUNTY by landfills outside the COUNTY in significant
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amounts to determine the identity of the hauler. That hauler will subsequently be billed in the
same fashion subject to the same penalties as mentioned above. Collected funds and any late
filing payments and delinquency penalties shall be distributed to CITIES and Countywide HHW
Program based on the formula set forth in Exhibits B and C. COUNTY shall not be obligated to
distribute funds that COUNTY has been unable to collect from landfill or non-disposal facility
operators.
3. ROLE OF CITIES
CITIES shall review the Disposal Reporting System Reports as prepared and submitted by the
COUNTY and within 30 days of receipt shall report to COUNTY, with appropriate
documentation, errors in waste allocations among jurisdictions.
4. COLLECTION AND USE OF FEE
Each ton of waste will be subject to the Fee. Best efforts will be made to prevent tonnage
from being assessed a double fee (once at a non-disposal facility and again at a landfill
within Santa Clara County). The Program Fee funding share paid to CITIES shall be used
to assist in funding the costs of preparing, adopting, and implementing the integrated waste
management plan of each of the CITIES and the unincorporated area of the COUNTY.
The HHW Fee portion shall assist in funding the costs of each of the CITIES share of
HHW operations.
5. INSURANCE
Each party shall maintain its own insurance coverage, through third party insurance, self -
insurance or a combination thereof, against any claim, expense, cost, damage or liability
arising out of the performance of its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement. CITIES
agree to provide evidence of such insurance to COUNTY via Certificate of Insurance or
other documentation acceptable to the COUNTY upon request.
6. INDEMNIFICATION
In lieu of and not withstanding the pro rata risk allocation which might otherwise be
imposed between CITIES and COUNTY pursuant to Government Code Section 895.6, the
parties agree that all losses or liabilities incurred by a party shall not be shared pro rata but
instead the parties agree that each of the parties hereto shall fully indemnify and hold each
of the other parties harmless from any claim, expense or cost, damage or liability arising
out of, or in connection with, performance of its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement
and as described in Exhibit D.
Additionally, CITIES shall indemnify, hold harmless, and defend COUNTY, its officers,
agents, and employees with respect to any loss, damage, liabil ity, cost or expenses,
including attorney fees and court costs, arising from any misuse of the Fee distributed to
CITIES. COUNTY shall indemnify, hold harmless, and defend CITIES, its officers,
agents, and employees with respect to any loss, damage, liability, cost or expenses,
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including attorney fees and court costs, brought by third parties based on COUNTY's sole
negligence in the collection or distribution of said Fees.
7. DISTRIBUTION OF FEE
COUNTY shall distribute the Fee to CITIES and the Countywide HHW Program pursuant
to the formulas described in Exhibits B and C within 45 days of receipt of landfill and non-
disposal facility payments and disposal documentation required for calculation of Fee
distribution amounts. Distributions shall begin December 15, 2018, and continue quarterly
through October 15, 2021.
8. PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNTYWIDE HHW PROGRAM
CITIES, at their option, may individually participate in the Countywide HHW Program by
entering into the AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM.
9. LATE PAYMENTS
If Fee payments and disposal documentation are not received from landfill or non -disposal
facility operators prior to scheduled distribution of payments to CITIES and the
Countywide HHW Program, payment distribution shall be calculated on a pro rata share of
monies received. Upon collection, late payments and accrued delinquent penalties, if any,
shall be distributed among CITIES and the Countywide HHW Program according to the
formula in Exhibits B and C.
10. ACCOUNTING
COUNTY shall maintain records of all transactions related to collection, use and
distribution of the Fee for at least five (5) years after the termination date of this
Agreement, unless otherwise required by law to retain such records for a longer period.
Such records will be available for inspection upon written request by CITIES, and will
include but not be limited to tonnage reports submitted by landfills and non-disposal
facilities, waste stream documentation provided by cities, payments made by the landfills
and non-disposal facilities to the COUNTY and by the COUNTY to CITIES, and
expenditures for programmatic and overhead costs.
11. REQUEST FOR REVIEW
In the event CITIES have a dispute regarding the calculation of its share of the Fee or the
distribution or use of the Fee, CITIES may request in writing a review by COUNTY within
10 days of receipt of their Fee allocation. The review shall be performed within 30 days of
request and results shall be reported to CITIES in writing.
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12. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT
This agreement is effective upon approval by all fifteen CITIES and the COUNTY.
13. AMENDMENT
This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by all fifteen CITIES
and the COUNTY.
14. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Each party shall perform responsibilities and activities described herein as an independent
contractor and not as an officer, agent, servant or employee of any of the pa rties hereto.
Each party shall be solely responsible for the acts and omissions of its officers, agents,
employees, contractors and subcontractors, if any. Nothing herein shall be considered as
creating a partnership or joint venture between the parties.
15. TERM OF AGREEMENT
The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021, or until all funds
collected covering the period through June 30, 2021 have been distributed, whichever is
later. COUNTY shall bill the operators of the landfills and non-disposal facilities listed in
Exhibit A for the Fee commencing with the Quarter ending September 30, 2018. Said
landfills and non-disposal facilities will be billed for the Fee through June 30, 2021.
16. NOTICES
All notices required by this Agreement will be deemed given when in writing and delivered
personally or deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed to the other party at the address set forth below or at such address as the party
may designate in writing in accordance with this section.
City of _______________________________
Contact: _______________________________
Title: _________________________________
Address: _______________________________
________________________________
County of Santa Clara
Contact: Recycling and Waste Reduction Division Manager
Recycling and Waste Reduction Division
Address: 1555 Berger Drive, Suite 300
City: San Jose, CA 95112
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17. CONTROLLING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of California.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This document embodies the entire Agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless and until
modification is evidenced by writing signed by all parties or their assigned designees.
19. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
20. CONTRACT EXECUTION
Unless otherwise prohibited by law or County policy, the parties agree that an electronic copy of
a signed contract, or an electronically signed contract, has the same force and legal effect as a
contract executed with an original ink signature. The term “electronic copy of a signed contract”
refers to a transmission by facsimile, electronic mail, or other electronic means of a copy of an
original signed contract in a portable document format. The term “electronically signed contract”
means a contract that is executed by applying an electronic signature using technology approved
by the County.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this AGENCY AGREEMENT
FOR COUNTYWIDE AB939 IMPLEMENTATION FEE on the dates as stated below:
“COUNTY”
______________________________
S. Joseph Simitian, President
Board of Supervisors
Date: _____________
ATTEST:
________________________________________
Megan Doyle Date
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
Javier Serrano Date
Deputy County Counsel
“CITY”
TOWN OF LOS GATOS,
A municipal corporation
By:
Title: Town Manager
Date:
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EXHIBIT A
LANDFILLS LOCATED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Guadalupe Rubbish Disposal Site
Kirby Canyon Sanitary Landfill
Newby Island Sanitary Landfill
Zanker Materials Processing Facility
Zanker Road Landfill
NON-DISPOSAL FACILTIES AND TRANSFER STATIONS LOCATED IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
California Waste Solutions Recycling & Transfer Station
City of Palo Alto Green Composting Facility
Environmental Resource Recovery, Inc. (Valley Recycling)
Green Earth Management LLC Kings Row Recycling Facility
Green Waste Materials Facility and Transfer Station
Green Waste Recovery Facility
Guadalupe Landfill
Lam Hauling Chipping and Grinding
Lam Hauling Inert Debris Type A
Leo Recycle
Material Recovery Systems Facility
Mission Trail Waste Systems, Inc.
Newby Island Compost Facility
Pacheco Pass Transfer Station
Pacific Coast Recycling, Inc.
Premier Recycle Facility
Recology Silicon Valley Processing and Transfer Facility
The Recyclery at Newby Island
San Martin Transfer Station
Smurfit-Stone Recycling San Jose Facility
South Valley Organics
Stanford Recycling Center and Direct Transfer Facility
Sunnyvale Food Materials Transfer/Processing Operations
Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer Station (SMaRT Station)
Valley Recycling San Jose CDI Processing/Transfer Facility
Wood Processing Facility at Recology Pacheco Pass
Z-Best Composting Facility
Zanker Materials Processing Facility
Zanker Road Class III Landfill
Zero Waste Energy Development Company Anaerobic Digestion Facility
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EXHIBIT B
FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF AB939 PROGRAM FEE
As documented in quarterly reports submitted by the County to the State Disposal
Reporting System, each jurisdiction located in Santa Clara County (County) will receive
$1.50 per ton of solid waste, which originates from their respective jurisdiction, that is:
a) disposed of in landfills or incinerated within the County,
b) received at any non-disposal or collection facility located within the County and
subsequently transported for disposal or incineration outside of the County,
c) collected from any location within the County by a solid waste hauler operati ng
pursuant to a franchise, contract, license, or permit issued by any local jurisdiction
and subsequently transported for disposal or incineration outside of the County, or
d) removed from any location in the County by any person or business for disposal or
incineration outside the County.”
Fees collected from undocumented disposed tonnage, or tonnage originating outside of Santa
Clara County, will be distributed according to each jurisdiction’s percent of countywide
population, according to the latest available population report issued by the California
Department of Finance.
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EXHIBIT C
COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE PROGRAM FEE (HHW Fee)
1. PROGRAM FUNDING SOURCE
HHW Program services are directly mandated under AB939, which establishes statutory
authority to provide for funding to support planning and implementation of integrated waste
management programs. The AB939 HHW Fee, of $2.60 per ton, collected as part of the
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primary source of funding for Countywide Household Hazardous Waste (CoHHW) Program
services.
Funds derived from the AB939 HHW Fee will be allocated among five types of CoHHW
Program service costs as follows:
A. Fixed Program Costs will be apportioned based on the number of households in each
participating jurisdiction. The number of households will be determined at the beginning of
each Fiscal Year by statistics compiled by the California Department of Finance,
Demographic Research Unit from their most recent Report, “Population Estimates for
California Cities and Counties.”
B. San Jose Facility Use Surcharge will be apportioned based on CITY’s anticipated
participation at the County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility located at 1608
Las Plumas Avenue, San Jose.
C. Variable Cost Per Car provides a base level service of 4% of households in all participating
jurisdictions. The number of households will be determined at the beginning of each Fiscal
Year by statistics compiled by the California Department of Finance, Demographic Research
Unit from their most recent Report, “Population Estimates for California Cities and
Counties.”
D. Available Discretionary Funding funded on tonnage generated per participating jurisdiction.
E. Abandoned Waste Disposal Costs will fund disposal of HHW illegally abandoned at
nonprofit charitable reuse organizations as defined in PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 41904.
2. FIXED PROGRAM COST
Fixed Program Costs shall be $2.99 per household in Fiscal Years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Estimated HHW Fixed Costs are projected in Attachment B, attached hereto and incorporated
herein. Fixed Program Costs may include, but are not limited to up to ten (10) CoHHW Program
staff members, facility leasing costs, vehicle lease costs, office rent, office supplies, county
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administrative overhead, county legal counsel, training costs, equipment and facility
maintenance and union negotiated salary and benefit changes.
3. ABANDONED WASTE DISPOSAL COST
Abandoned Waste Disposal Costs for Fiscal Year 2019, 2020 and 2021 will be $0.05 per
household for all households in the cities and towns of Santa Clara County and in the
unincorporated area of the County. The Abandoned Waste Disposal Cost will fund disposal of
HHW illegally abandoned at Nonprofit Charitable Reuser organizations defined in PUBLIC
RESOURCES CODE SECTION 41904. Estimated Abandoned Waste Disposal Cost is projected
in Attachment A of the AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM.
For the purposes of this agreement, PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 41904 defines a
nonprofit charitable reuse organization as follows: "Nonprofit charitable reuser" means a
charitable organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Re venue Code, or
a distinct operating unit or division of the charitable organization, that reuses and recycles
donated goods or materials and receives more than 50 percent of its revenues from the handling
and sale of those donated goods or materials.
4. SAN JOSÉ FACILITY USE SURCHARGE
The San José Facility Use Surcharge is estimated to be $6.83 per car for Fiscal Years 2019, 2020
and 2021. The total San José Facility Use Surcharge for CITY will be based on CITY’s
participation at the County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility located at 1608 Las
Plumas Avenue, San José. Estimated San José Facility Use Surcharges are projected in
Attachment A of the AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM.
5. VARIABLE COST PER CAR
The Variable Cost Per Car is the cost associated with actual labor, waste disposal, transportation
and other services provided to the residents at the County Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Facilities (CoHHWCF) and at Temporary Events. The Variable Cost Per Car is
estimated to be approximately $62 per car for Fiscal Years 2019, 2020 and 2021. The estimated
cost per car will be adjusted to reflect actual service costs. After Fixed Program Costs and San
Jose Facility Use Surcharge are allocated on a per household basis, the Variable Cost Per Car
will be used to calculate the costs to service 4% of households across all participating
jurisdictions. If the level of 4% of households is not reached in a particular jurisdiction, the
CoHHW Program may use the remaining balance of funds, in cooperation with the CITY that
has less than 4% participation levels, to increase public outreach and/or provide additional
services in that jurisdiction the following year.
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6. AVAILABLE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING
The Available Discretionary Funding portion of the AB939 HHW Fee will be allocated based on
the tons of waste generated within each jurisdiction, and after allocation of Fixed Program Costs,
San José Facility Use Surcharge, and Variable Cost Per Car allocation. Available Discretionary
Funds will be paid as directed by each jurisdiction. Available Discretionary Funds must be used
for HHW purposes. Options for how to spend these funds include, but are not limited to,
increasing the number of residents served in that jurisdiction by the CoHHW Program,
subsidizing curbside used motor oil collection, electronic waste (e-waste) collection, universal
waste collection, emergency HHW services, funding HHW public education, the support of
capital infrastructure projects to accommodate HHW drop-off and collection events, or providing
special programs such as retail collection of certain waste and/or door-to-door collection of
HHW for the elderly and/or persons with disabilities and neighborhood clean-up events.
7. PROGRAM FUNDING PASS-THROUGH
Annual funding calculations include HHW Fees collected on behalf of all County jurisdictions.
CITIES, at their option, may participate in the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste
Program b y entering into the AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM. CITIES not participating in the Agency
Agreement will receive their pro-rata share of funding received by the COUNTY from the HHW
Fee.
If CITIES not participating in the AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM desire to permit residents to participate in
HHW Program services on an emergency basis, then services to these residents will be provided
on a cost recovery basis. A charge equal to the established rates charged by the Countywide
HHW Program to Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators will be billed to the CITIES.
A CITY’S representative must call the Countywide HHW Program appointment line to schedule
an appointment for the resident. The pro-rata share of liability will be shared as defined in
Section 27 of AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM and as described in Exhibit D.
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EXHIBIT D
SECTION 27 OF AGENCY AGREEMENT
FOR COUNTYWIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM
HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFICATION
In lieu of and not withstanding the pro rata risk allocation which might otherwise be imposed
between CITY and COUNTY pursuant to Government Code Section 895.6, the parties agree that all
losses or liabilities incurred by a party shall not be shared pro rata but instead COUNTY and CITY
agree that pursuant to Government Code Section 895.4, each of the parties hereto shall fully
indemnify and hold each of the other parties, their officers, board members, employees and agents,
harmless from any claim, expense or cost, damage or liability imposed for injury (as defined by
Government Code Section 810.8) occurring by reason of the negligent acts or omissions or willful
misconduct of the indemnifying party, its officers, employees or agents, under or in connection with
or arising out of any work, authority or jurisdiction delegated to such party under this Agreement.
No party, nor any officer, board member, employee or agent thereof shall be responsible for any
damage or liability occurring by reason of the negligent acts or omissions or willful misconduct of
the other parties hereto, their officers, board members, employees or agents, under or in connection
with or arising out of any work authority or jurisdiction delegated to such other parties under this
Agreement.
Additionally, CITY shall indemnify COUNTY for CITY's apportioned share of any liability
incurred and attributed to the Countywide HHW Program for the transportation, treatment, or
disposal of the household hazardous waste, once the waste has been accepted by a licensed
hazardous waste hauler. Apportionment for disposal liability shall be determined by each
participating jurisdiction’s pro rata proportion of household participation in the Program.
Apportionment for transportation and treatment liability shall be determined by each
participating jurisdiction’s pro rata household participation at the event where the waste was
generated. COUNTY will use reasonable efforts to obtain recovery from all available resources,
including insurance, of any liable hauler or liable disposal facility operator. No liability shall be
apportioned to CITY for transportation, treatment or disposal in any case where COUNTY has
contracted for such services and has failed to require the contractor to maintain the insurance
requirements set forth in Section 24 above.
CITY shall further indemnify COUNTY for CITY's apportioned share of liability incurred and
attributed to the Countywide HHW Program for the transportation, treatment or disposal of
household hazardous waste at corporate sponsored events where non-county resident employees
of the corporate sponsor are authorized to participate in the event. Liability for the nonresident
portion of the disposal of waste shall be shared by the cities and the COUNTY as described
above. The nonresident portion shall be determined by calculating the percentage of nonresidents
participating in the event. This percentage will then be subtracted from the total liability for the
household hazardous waste prior to assessing CITY's apportioned share of any liability for the
household hazardous waste.
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COUNTY shall require CESQGs and Nonprofit Charitable Reusers to indemnify COUNTY for
their apportioned share of any liability incurred and attributed to the Countywide HHW Program
for the transportation, treatment, or disposal of their hazardous waste, once the waste has been
accepted by a licensed hazardous waste hauler. The CESQG and Nonprofit Charitable Reuser
portion of the waste shall be determined by calculating the percentage, by weight, of the total
household hazardous waste accepted by the CoHHW Program. This percentage will be used to
calculate the portion of liability attributed to CESQGs and Nonprofit Charitable Reusers and will
be subtracted from the total liability prior to assessing CITY's apportioned share of a ny liability
for household hazardous waste.