Professional Services Agreement - American Structurepoint, Inc. - Renewable Fuel Standard Registration Assistance

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If requested by the City, personnel from Weaver, as an EPA -approved QAP auditor, will conduct its RIN-tegrity® QAP Verification Service procedures (hereafter, the "Verification") to detennine the accuracy, completeness, and validity of the RINs generated by South Bend on their MWFT biogas production facility. The Verification will be conducted in accordance with Weaver's RIN-tegrity® QAP Verification Service methodology and the requirements stated in the EPA's QAP final rule. Accordingly, our Verification will include quarterly reviews of your records and other procedures, including regular site visits we consider necessary to enable us to assess whether the RINs being generated are valid pursuant to the RFS regulations. When a RIN has been officially verified by an EPA -approved auditor, it is referred to as a "Q-RIN." The facility will need to pass Weaver's initial review before generating Q-RINs in EPA's Moderated Transaction System under Weaver's QAP. Our initial review includes an analysis of a prior quarter's production activities. Once the producer has demonstrated that all necessary EPA requirements are being adhered to, we then activate the producer's ability to generate Q- RINs for renewable fuel produced by the facility. B. EMTS Account Administration Services Weaver will assign a primary associate and at least one backup associate to work directly with South Bend to process all RIN transactions. The associates who would be providing EMTS account administration services to the company, as well as the Weaver management personnel supervising their activities, will need to associate with the company in the EPA's Central Data Exchange ("CDX") system. This association requires the written approval of the company's Responsible Corporate Officer ("RCO"). Although the assigned Weaver associates will have access to company's EMTS account, we recommend that appropriate South Bend employees maintain access to the account concurrently. As indicated above, the assigned associate would be responsible for processing all day-to-day RIN transactions and being the central point of contact for all inquiries. Data related to generating, selling, separating and retiring RINs, as applicable, will be provided by South Bend personnel. We will work with the company to streamline the delivery of the information needed. For any "buy" transactions, Weaver will review the appropriate documents received from the seller (product transfer documents, bills of lading, invoices, etc.) to ensure consistency with the information in EMTS and compliance with the RFS regulations. If it appears that the company's counterparty has uploaded information in EMTS that is inconsistent with available transaction information or the RFS regulations, or in the case of transferring RINs, is not going to confirm a company -initiated transaction timely, Weaver will contact the counterparty to request that they take action and notify South Bend, if necessary. C. Assistance with Ouarterly and Annual. Renortina In addition to EMTS account administration services, a Weaver associate can assist South Bend with preparing all EPA quarterly and annual reports, as applicable and required under Title 40, Part 80 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The reports would be submitted to an 2017.02407