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The Company shall pick up any material that was spilled on the ground while in the process of serving Residential Service Locations or Municipal Service Locations whose material was properly set out for collection. Furthermore, the Company shall be responsible to clean any release of hazardous material from its vehicles deployed in the service of this Agreement. 16. COMPENSATION a. Schedule of Charges: See Rates set forth in Appendix A. b. Fuel Adjustment: Beginning on January 1, 2027, the Town will be charged or rebated by the Company according to the following formula. The adjustment will be based on the increase or decrease of in the index price of CNG fuel as measured by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration at http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/prices.html, for the Central Region from an established baseline cost of $3.35 per diesel gasoline gallon equivalent (DGE) including taxes of CNG. For the term of this contract, the Baseline Fuel Price is $3.35 per diesel gallon equivalent - including taxes (DGE) - for CNG fuel. Increases or decreases, as determined above, will be applied to the predetermined volume of fuel used (baseline DGE), which will be 913 DGE per month for the term of this contract. Example 1: If the CNG index price for the prior six (6) months is $3.00 per DGE then the adjustment would be calculated as follows: Prior six-month average of $3.00 minus Baseline Price of $3.35 = ($0.35) Multiplied by Baseline DGE of 913 = ($319.55) Rebate to the Town. Example 2: If the CNG index price for the prior six (6) months is $4.00 per DGE then the adjustment would be calculated as follows: Prior six-month average Price of $4.00 minus Baseline Price of $3.35 = $0.65 Multiplied by Baseline DGE of 913 = $596.70 Charge to the Town. Adjustments shall be calculated at the start of each six-month period (starting January and July), and the adjustment amount will be reflected as a charge or rebate for each month of that six-month period. The monthly amount calculated according to the formula above shall remain the same for each month of the six-month period. These adjustments are based on the CNG index price from the prior six- month period or from the most recent published price. c. Other Increases. Company may increase rates to reflect increased costs resulting due to the occurrence of uncontrollable circumstances which are documented by Company, including, without limitation acts of God (such as fire and floods), changes in local, state or federal laws or regulations, imposition of taxes and fees and surcharges. Company may also, on an annual basis, propose increases in the charges to account for any increase in disposal or transportation costs, which proposed increases shall be subject to prior written approval of the Town, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Company shall provide the Town with written notice of any increase in rates at least thirty (30) days prior to such Page 8 of 16