Common use of Duties of the Parties Clause in Contracts

Duties of the Parties. The roles and responsibilities of each Party are defined below: 2.0.1 Each Party member shall determine which staff members will represent the Party in the conformity process and shall take responsibility to see that the appropriate representatives are available to ensure a cooperative process and adequate communication among the Parties. Each Party shall choose its representative(s) and at least one alternate staff person for interagency consultation and provide their names and contact information to NCDEQ. It is the responsibility of each Party to notify NCDEQ of changes in their appointed designee(s) or contact(s). 2.0.2 All Parties shall review and provide comments to the MPO on draft MTPs, TIPs, and conformity analyses. All Parties shall review and provide comments to NCDEQ on draft SIP submissions. All Parties shall review and provide comments to NCDOT and/or local project sponsors on project-level conformity determination prepared during the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for FHWA/FTA projects located in the MPO jurisdiction. Parties shall provide their written review comments, if any, to these agencies within twenty- one (21) days of receipt of draft documents unless an alternate deadline has been agreed upon at an interagency consultation meeting. The MPO, NCDEQ, or NCDOT, as appropriate, shall respond in writing to all Parties to explain how comments were addressed or why they were not addressed in the subsequent version of the document that is distributed to all Parties.