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-E~E SAHITARY DISTRICT ~ 9524469Y P. 04 C0, ¥ WWARN 1997 OMNleUS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by those wastewater agencies who have adopted' and signed this agreement to provide mutual assistance in times of emergency in accordance with the California Emergency Services Act and the California Disaster and Civil Defer~se Master Mutual Aid Agreement: and/or the California Health and Safety Code Section4742; and to provide reimbursement for equipment, supplies and' personnel made available on an emergency basis. All of said wastewater agencies are herein referred to collectively as "the parties." In Consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinal~er set forth, the parties agree to provide mutual assistance to one another in times of emergency as follows: Article I - APPUC_~atLITY. This agreement is available to all wastewater agencies, public and pdvate, in the State of California. ArfJcle II - ADMINISTRATION. The administration of the Wastewater Agency Response Net~vol~ (WWARN) wilt be ~rough 'Regional WWARN Steering Committees and a State WWARN Steering Committee. Both wastaw~r treatment and collection agencies will 13e re~resented on each Regional Steering Committees. The Regional WWARN Steering Committee(s) will be estabtished by representatives from.the s~gnatory ~cies in that. region. A chair will be elected and act as administrator for that region and represent the region on tfie State WWARN Steering Commiffee. Each Regional WWARN Steering Committee will sponsor an annual meeting for sU3natory agencies, maintain a data base of all waste,#ater agencies who have signed this agreement, and'meet as a committee to address concerns and. procedures for requesting mutual aid in that region. The regions will be comprised of one or more of ttle six OES regions. The State WWARN Steering Committee will inctude the chairs of the regional steering committees, and a representative from the Department of Health Set'vices (DOHS), California Utilities Emergency Association (.CUEA), and the State Water Quality Control Board (SWQCB). At a minimum, the State WWARN Steering Committee will issue a list of participating agencies and an update of the Emergency Equipment Data Base. annually. Article I!1 - OEFrNITION$; EMERGENCY. "Emergency' means a condition of disaster or calamity arising within the area of operation of. the par'des, caused by fire, flood, storm, earthquake, civil, disturbance, or other condition which is or is likelY to be beyond the controt of the senses, personnel, equipment, anti facilities of either party hereto and requires mutual assistance. DISASTER SERVICE WORKER. AS defined {n the Government Code, Chapter 8, Division 4 of Title 1, section 3101. ~Disaster service worker'a, includes all public employees and all volunteers in any disaster council of emergency organizatiOn accredited by the California Emergency Council. The term ~public empioyees~ include all persons employed by the state or any county, city, city and county, state agency, or special district, excluding aliens ~egally employed. LENDER. ~Lender~ is a signatory agency(les) rendering assistance under this Agreement. BOe~OWER. }~. Borrower~ is a signatory agency(les) receiving assistance unde~ this Agreement. Pa~e 3 of 6 WWARN 1997 Omnibus Mutual Aid Agreement