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Section 1.02. Metering Equipment. Hays Energy will obtain, install and convey to the City metering equipment and devices which meet standard City specifications for measuring within a tolerance of2% (the "Accuracy Tolerance") the quantity of Wastewater delivered to the point (the "Transfer Point") where the transmission pipeline for the Wastewater crosses the property line of the site of the Facility, together with devices and equipment of standard type for the proposed application to limit, measure, and record the rate of flow at the Transfer Point, to prevent the backflow of water or the contamination of water in the Citis distribution system, and to protect and secure the metering equipment and other devices. Section 1.03. Maintenance and Testing of Metering Equipment. A. The City will maintain the metering equipment within the Accuracy Tolerance, and will test the metering equipment for accuracy at least once every 12 months. B. Hays Energy may have the metering equipment independently tested at its own cost with 48 hours notice to the City. The City may attend any such test. If a test shows an inaccuracy in the metering equipment, the City shall adjust the monthly billing of a period extending back to the time when the inaccuracy began if such time is ascertainable, or if such time is not ascertainable, for a period extending back to the last test of the metering equipment or 120 days, whichever is shorter, in accordance with the percentage of inaccuracy found during the test, whether above or below the correct volume. In the event the meter fails to register for any period, the City shall calculate the usage during the time of meter failure to be the amount of Wastewater furnished during the same period of the previous year, or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by the parties. The City shall recalibrate or replace any inaccurate metering equipment at its expense. Section 1.04. Alternative Process; Treatment Plant Modifications. A. Intentionally omitted. B. Intentionally omitted. Section 1.05. Billing. The City will furnish Hays Energy with an itemized monthly billing statement showing I) the volume of Wastewater measured at the Transfer Point in 1,000 gallon increments and the amounts due for Routine Treatment of the Wastewater; and 2) the amount of any surcharge due under the City's industrial wastewater discharge regulations. Article 2. Obligations of Hays Energy Section 2.01. Payments. A. Hays Energy will pay to the City the applicable rate for wastewater for the Routine 2