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3.2 CLIENT will furnish to CONSULTANT all existing studies, reports, data and other <br />information available to CLIENT necessary for performance of the work and authorize <br />CONSULTANT to obtain additional data as required. CONSULTANT will be entitled to use <br />and rely upon all such information and services. <br />3.3 In the event scheduled, prearranged or mandated events, meetings, access to sites, <br />delivery of documentation or other obligations, which are responsibilities the CLIENT has <br />agreed to and upon which the CONSULTANT relied, and which events, meetings, entrees to <br />sites, delivery of documentation. or other obligations could not or did not take place, or <br />were required to be rescheduled because of the failure of the CLIENT in the discharge of <br />the CLIENT'S obligations, all costs associated with that rescheduling shall be borne by the <br />CLIENT. <br />3.4 If the work involves excavations or drilling, it is the responsibility of the CLIENT to provide <br />the CONSULTANT with assistance in locating underground structures or utilities in the <br />vicinity of any exploration or investigations. If neither CLIENT nor CONSULTANT can <br />confirm the location, the CLIENT agrees to accept all liability and costs associated with the <br />repair, replacement or restoration of any damage caused by the CONSULTANTS <br />exploration or investigations occurring in the performance of the Work. <br />3.5 CLIENT recognizes that, when it is known, assumed, or suspected that hazardous <br />materials exist on or beneath the surface of the work site or within any structure thereon, <br />certain sampling materials, such as drill cuttings and drill fluids or asbestos removed for <br />sampling, should be handled as if hazardous or contaminated. Accordingly, when <br />sampling is included in the scope of services and when determined by CONSULTANT in its <br />sole and exclusive judgment to be necessary based on CONSULTANTS assessment of the <br />degree of contamination, hazard, and risk, CONSULTANT will promptly inform CLIENT that <br />containerization and labeling will be performed; will appropriately contain and label such <br />materials; and will leave the containers on site for proper, lawful removal, transport, and <br />disposal by CLIENT. CLIENT waives any claim against CONSULTANT and agrees to <br />indemnify, defend, and hold CONSULTANT harmless from any claim or liability for injury or <br />loss that may arise as a result of the drill cuttings, drilling fluids, or other assumedly <br />hazardous materials being left on the work site after containerization by CONSULTANT. All <br />samples of soil, groundwater, waste, rock, or other materials collected from the site shall <br />remain the property of the CLIENT and shall be returned to the CLIENT by the <br />CONSULTANT within thirty (30) days after submission of the CONSULTANTS report, <br />unless applicable law requires the retention or other disposition of such samples. All costs <br />associated with the disposition or returning of samples will be charged to the CLIENT or as <br />set forth in the Scope of Work. <br />ARTICLE 4. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE <br />4.1 This Agreement shall commence on the date set forth below and end May 1. 2001, both <br />dates inclusive (initial term). <br />4.2 The dates of performance shall be interpreted as a material consideration in the <br />Agreement; however, in the absence of an amended Agreement, dates shall not be <br />construed as falling within the meaning of "time is of the essence." <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />