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• r SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT • _ _ + ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY COMPLAINT NO. 5-00-515 multiple components, which total in excess of the $10,000 ACL portion to be suspended. The City of Lodi has agreed to fund the remainder. The components include Aquatic Testing, Water Quality Monitoring, Riparian Habitat Curriculum Update, purchase of a non-point source pollution interpretive model, Lodi Lake Discovery Center Modifications, and part-time staffing to conduct the SEP. The Discharger anticipates expenditure of the full SEP cost by August 2001. By 1 August 2001, the Discharger will submit a comprehensive report detailing all work completed, a summary of allocated funding, and a description of the net benefits obtained. The cost of the SEP shall not be less than $10,000. 7. If the Discharger fails to complete the Work identified in the 28 September 2000 SEP workplan, the Discharger shall pay the suspended ACL amount of$10,000 to the C&A Account within 30 days after the deadline for completion of the comprehensive report, notwithstanding any prior payments for the SEP. The Discharger shall submit the ACL payment to the Regional Board in the form of a check made payable to the State Water Resources Control Board Cleanup and Abatement Account in the amount of$10,000. S. In consideration of the Discharger's compliance with this Agreement, the Executive Officer agrees not to initiate any other administrative or judicial enforcement actions against the Discharger for the violations alleged in ACL Complaint No. 5-00-515. In consideration of the Executive Officer's settlement of ACL Complaint No. 5-00-515, the Discharger agrees to toll the statute of limitations. If the Discharger fails to fully comply with this Agreement, the Executive Officer and/or the Regional Water Board may take any administrative or judicial enforcement actions available, including reissuance of a complaint for administrative civil liability for the suspended portion of the ACL proposed in ACL Complaint No. 5-00-515. 9. In settling this matter, the Discharger does not admit to any of the findings of ACL Complaint No. 5-00-515 or that it has been or is in violation of its waste discharge requirements, the California Water Code, or any other federal, state, or local law or ordinance. 10. The Executive Officer has the authority to settle this matter in accordance with Water Code Section 13323 and Government Code Section 11415.60. 11:The Discharger agrees to waive its right to a hearing on the Complaint before the Regional Board. The Agreement is subject to a 30-day public comment period before it becomes final. 12. This Agreement is severable, should any provision be found invalid the remainder shall remain in full force and effect. 13. This Agreement may be executed in counterpart.