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ARTICLE II <br />DEFINITIONS <br />A. Agreement — This Water Agency Response Network Mutual Aid Agreement. <br />B. Assistance — Resources, including but not limited to personnel, equipment, material and <br />supplies that a Responding Party’s Utility provides to a Receiving Party’s Utility. <br />C. Authorized Official — An employee or official of a Party’s Utility that is authorized by the <br />Party’s governing body to request Assistance or provide Assistance under this Agreement. <br />D. Emergency — Any occurrence that is, or is likely to be, beyond the control of the services, <br />personnel, equipment or facilities of a Party’s Utility. <br />E. Governmental Unit — A city, county or township in Minnesota or a city’s public utilities <br />commission. <br />F. MnWARN — The framework for public water, wastewater and storm water utilities in <br />Minnesota to assist other public water, wastewater and storm water utilities when there is <br />an Emergency that requires Assistance from another Utility. The framework includes this <br />Agreement and other resources to be developed and coordinated by the Statewide <br />Committee to implement the purpose of this Agreement. <br />G. National Incident Management System (NIMS) — A national, standardized approach to <br />incident management and response that sets uniform processes and procedures for <br />emergency response operations. <br />H. Party/Parties — One or more governmental units that has a water, wastewater or <br />stormwater utility that executes this Agreement or adopts this Agreement by resolution <br />pursuant to Article XIV. <br />I. Period of Assistance — The period of time when a Responding Party assists a Receiving <br />Party. The period commences when personnel, equipment or supplies depart from a <br />Responding Party’s facility and ends when the resources return to their facility. All <br />protections identified in the Agreement apply during this period. The Period of Assistance <br />may occur during response to or recovery from an Emergency. <br />J. Receiving Party — A Party who requests and receives Assistance under this Agreement. <br />K. Responding Party — A Party that provides Assistance to another Party pursuant to this <br />Agreement. <br />L. Statewide Committee — The committee responsible for overseeing MnWARN on a <br />statewide level. <br />M. Steering Committee — The leadership group that established MnWARN and the <br />development of this Agreement. <br />N. Utility/Utilities — A water, wastewater and/or storm water utility of a Party. <br />2 <br /> <br />