G.3.1 Routine Sampling and Testing by the Company

Routine sampling and testing of Treated Water shall be undertaken by the Company according to the schedule and methods specified in Table G.1. The Company may analyze the samples at a laboratory forming part of the Facilities or at an external laboratory or a combination of the two provided only that the competence of the equipment, staff, procedures and record-keeping of the laboratory shall be certified for each analysis required by the Company to be performed there by regular inspection and testing by an internationally recognized laboratory testing organization or, by the Department of Health and Department of Environment and Natural Resources Copies of the certification and renewal of accreditation of each laboratory shall be provided to the Agency within one (1) week of their receipt by the Company.

The results of the sampling and testing of Treated Water shall be fully reported to the Agency at weekly intervals. Any sample failing to meet the specification for Treated Water shall be reported to the Agency within 24 hours of the analysis results becoming available for Non-Critical Parameters and within 1 hour of the results becoming available for Critical Parameters.

The Company shall allow the Agency unrestricted access to the records of the taking and testing of Treated Water samples and to the original records of the results of the laboratory analyses, which the Company shall keep for a minimum of three (3) years before archiving.

The Company shall bear the cost of all routine taking and analysis of Treated Water samples in accordance with Table G.1.

In the event that the Company shall be found to have omitted to take a sample of Treated Water or to have omitted to perform a test required in accordance with Table G.1 then for the purposes of this Agreement each Treated Water parameter listed in Table G.1 that is untested as a consequence of such omission shall be deemed to have exceeded its maximum permitted value and the consequent provisions of this Agreement shall apply.