Common use of Validation of Data Clause in Contracts

Validation of Data. a. The Claims Administrator will review the information provided on a Qualifying Class Member’s Claims Form(s) to ensure it is complete. Information about each Impacted Water Source listed by a Class Member shall be submitted with verified supporting documentation as specified in the Claims Form(s). b. The Claims Administrator will examine each Impacted Water Source’s test results to confirm that all sample results are Qualifying Test Results. This examination will verify membership in the Class and will also be used for scoring purposes as outlined below. i. A Qualifying Test Result means the result of a test conducted by or at the direction of a Class Member or of a federal, state, or local regulatory authority, or any test result reported or provided to the Class Member by a certified laboratory or other Person, that used any state- or federal agency-approved or validated analytical method to analyze Drinking Water or water that is to be drawn or collected into a Class Member’s Public Water System. ii. Qualifying Class Members may submit Qualifying Test Results from untreated (raw) or treated (finished) water samples. However, all samples must be drawn from a Water Source that is or was utilized by the Qualifying Class Member to provide Drinking Water. c. The Claims Administrator will confirm each Class Member’s population served or number of service connections with information provided by the Class Member to the d. For each Impacted Water Source, the Claims Administrator will verify the maximum flow rate of a groundwater well or the flow rate of the water that enters the treatment plant of a surface water system. The Claims Administrator will also verify the three (3) highest annual average flow rates of the groundwater well or surface water system over a ten-year period (2014-2023). Documentation related to the flow rates of each Impacted e. Any Qualifying Class Member that has previously submitted information to the Claims Administrator in connection with another PWS Settlement will not need to submit that same information again. Where such information has been provided and is available, it will be applied to the Tyco PWS Settlement in order to allow the Claims Administrator to process verification as efficiently and consistently as possible. Qualifying Class Members will have the opportunity to update information previously provided as needed. f. The Claims Administrator will notify Qualifying Class Members with incomplete Claims Forms of the requirements to cure deficiencies.

Validation of Data. a. The Claims Administrator will review the information provided on a Qualifying Class Member’s Claims Form(s) to ensure it is complete. Information about each Impacted Water Source listed by a Class Member shall be submitted with verified supporting documentation as specified in the Claims Form(s). b. The Claims Administrator will examine each Impacted Water Source’s test results to confirm that all sample results are Qualifying Test Results. This examination will verify membership in the Class and will also be used for scoring purposes as outlined below. i. A Qualifying Test Result means the result of a test conducted by or at the direction of a Class Member or of a federal, state, or local regulatory authority, or any test result reported or provided to the Class Member by a certified laboratory or other Person, that used any state- or federal agency-approved or validated analytical method to analyze Drinking Water or water that is to be drawn or collected into a Class Member’s Public Water System. ii. Qualifying Class Members may submit Qualifying Test Results from untreated (raw) or treated (finished) water samples. However, all samples must be drawn from a Water Source that is or was utilized by the Qualifying Class Member to provide Drinking Water. c. The Claims Administrator will confirm each Class Member’s population served or number of service connections with information provided by the Class Member to thethe U.S. EPA or a state agency. Any conflicts in population served or service connections data will be resolved in favor of the data most-recently reported to the U.S. EPA or state agency. d. For each Impacted Water Source, the Claims Administrator will verify the maximum flow rate of a groundwater well or the flow rate of the water that enters the treatment plant of a surface water system. The Claims Administrator will also verify the three (3) highest annual average flow rates of the groundwater well or surface water system over a ten-year period (2014-2023). Documentation related to the flow rates of each ImpactedImpacted Water Source must be verified by each Qualifying Class Member as part of the Claims Form. e. Any Qualifying Class Member that has previously submitted information to the Claims Administrator in connection with another PWS Settlement will not need to submit that same information again. Where such information has been provided and is available, it will be applied to the Tyco PWS Settlement in order to allow the Claims Administrator to process verification as efficiently and consistently as possible. Qualifying Class Members will have the opportunity to update information previously provided as needed. f. The Claims Administrator will notify Qualifying Class Members with incomplete Claims Forms of the requirements to cure deficiencies.