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other County employees. The county And chapel Hill will develop ' <br />a <br />detailed schedule comparing the total pre-transfer and Podt-transfer <br />compensation for each System Employee. Chapel Hill -will send a copy.o'f <br />the completed schedule to Carrboro. <br />Acquire System assets. The County will acquire 'all right, title <br />and interest to all Existing System Assets. Title to the Greene Tract, <br />however, shall not be conveyed to the 'County pursuant to this <br />paragraph; Part 5 is and shall be the . only portion. of this Agreement <br />affecting the state of the title to the Greene Tract. <br />Assume- System liabilities. The 'County will assume all <br />liabilities, including environmental liabilities, related to the <br />ownership of the System, including, to the extent permitted by law, <br />all liabilities related to the ownership of Existing System Assets <br />which have accrued or which may accrue prior to the Transfer Date. <br />The Parties, however, shall retain their individual liability, if <br />any, under environmental laws and otherwise, related to their <br />respective use of the System both before and after the -Transfer I Date <br />(as, for 'example, any liability arising from their delivering, or - <br />causing to be delivered, Solid Waste to System. Manag . ement Facilities). <br />The Parties acknowledge that, the'County's assumption of liabilities as <br />described in the preceding paragraph shall not limit, 'and is not <br />intended to limit, the ability of any 96vernmdntal autharitk to <br />impose, or to seek t . o 'impose, environmental or other liability <br />dii-ectly on a Party (as, for example, any liability accruing -to the <br />current owners of the Existirig system Assets as a result of their <br />status as owners prior to the Transfer Date) . The County. -will not <br />assume, and by this Agteement •.does not -assume, any indebtedness of <br />Carrboro or Chapel Hill. <br />Acqt4re . Property. . The County . shall acquire -real and personal. <br />property as it deems appropriate for <br />System Purposes. There shall be <br />no restrictions on the County's acquisition of additional acreage at <br />the existing landfill. The County states its. current* intention not to <br />acquire, and its recommendation that future County Governing Boards <br />not acquire, any of the properties known' as the Blaickiwo6d and Nunn. <br />properties for system Purposes. <br />Provide for c2MIiance with law. The County will. comply, or <br />Cause-there to be cOMP . liance, with all applicable laws, orders, rules, <br />regulations and requirements of any governmental authority relating•to <br />the System. The county will also be generally responsible for solid <br />waste reporting, planning, regulatory compliance <br />and ..similar matters. <br />Nothing in this Agreement'# however, shall prevent the County from <br />contesting in good faith the applicability or validity of any such law <br />2 <br />