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requested plan amendment. Conira Costa shall make a good faith effort to settle related litigation with non-public agency parties at the same time. Said resolution of litigation shall not preclude or delay implementation of projects to provide landfill capacity in Contra Costa County. Contra Costa shall provide quarterly verification of its continued good faith effort to establish landfill capacity in Contra Costa sufficient to meet the needs of Contra Costa for a minimum of 20 years plus provide reciprocal capacity for Alameda county agencies. In the event that this condition is not complied with prior to the start of importation under this Plan Amendment, the two-year term of import provided under Condition No. 4 shall be reduced to a term of 6 months. Emergency Capacity 8. Contra Costa shall reserve for Alameda county jurisdic- tions, MSW waste disposal capacity for use at any time in the future under emergency conditions as determined by the ACWMA, equal to the tonnage disposed in Alameda county by Contra Costa subsequent to December 18, 1989. In no event shall the rate charged to Alameda county jurisdictions exceed the prevailing disposal rate in Contra Costa charged to local residents. Any export from Alameda County requires an amendment of the Alameda County CoSWMP. Mitigation Fees 9. Contra Costa shall pay all disposal fees, mitigation fees and surcharges levied in Alameda county during the term of the agreement, including the following: a. A Mitigation Fee of $10.30 per ton, indexed to inflation, payable to the ACWMA for distribution in accord with an expenditure plan to be adopted by the ACWMA to partially mitigate impacts of importation including lost capacity in Alameda county and administrative costs. Of the $10.30 per ton, $1.00 per ton, or $890,000, shall be paid on an early, nonrefundable, basis to the ACWMA. Of this, $500,000 shall be paid in a lump sum prior to the start of import. The remaining $390,000 shall be due and payable in a lump sum at such time as Con=ra Costa has disposed 500,000 tons of waste at Altamont Landfill under this plan amendment. The remaining $9.30 per ton shall be paid on a monthly basis commencing with the start of import.