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other issues pertaining to the project construction. Any questions of fulfillment of the said specifications, or plans, shall be decided by the ENGINEER, and said work shall be done in accordance with the ENGINEER'S interpretations of the meanings of the words, terms, clauses, drawings or any other document defining the character of the work. 40. QUALITY ASSURANCE The CONTRACTOR shall be solely responsible for assuring the quality of all work conducted by the CONTRACTOR or their subcontractors in association with the contract for this project. The CONTRACTOR shall designate a Quality Assurance (QA) Officer for this contract, and the QA Officer shall assume responsibility for compliance with all requirements of this contract including permit conditions, easements, statutes, laws, and applicable regulations. To ensure the components of the attached Borrow Area Sediment Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan (Appendix H) are met and maintained, the CONTRACTOR shall prepare a Quality Assurance Plan specifying Quality Control (QC) procedures for all critical components of the work. The CONTRACTOR shall provide the COUNTY access to all QC procedures, data, and reports at any time at the request of the COUNTY. All activities associated with QA/QC shall be included in the costs for the Dredge and Fill bid item . Unless otherwise noted, the CONTRACTOR shall conduct all QC procedures. The QA Plan will be discussed at the Pre-Construction Meeting and the CONTRACTOR shall revise the QA Plan at the discretion of the COUNTY. COUNTY approval of the QA Plan shall be a required prerequisite to the start of construction . The CONTRACTOR shall maintain the QA Plan and all QC procedures in accordance with any changes made by the COUNTY throughout the term of the contract . The QA Plan shall include but not be limited to the following: 40. 1 Letter of Appointment designating a QA Officer(s), describing responsibilities, providing qualifications and delineating the line of authority and organizational reporting requirements of the QA Officer. 40.2 Personnel Training. Personnel responsible for initial training and dissemination of updated information throughout the term ofthe contract shall be specified as well as a comprehensive list of training issues covered. Training shall include review of all applicable Technical and Environmental Specifications, permit conditions, licenses, easements, statutes, laws, and other regulations, environmental resource protection, methods of detecting and avoiding pollution, statutory and contractual pollution standards, and installation and care of facilities to insure adequate and continuous environmental pollution control . QA/QC and supervisory personnel shall be thoroughly trained in the proper use of pollution monitoring devices and abatement equipment, and shall be thoroughly knowledgeable of applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, permits, easements and other applicable requirements. 40.3 Quality Control Methods shall include those requirements specified for monitoring and environmental protection (Section 13 of these Technical and Environmental TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev October 5 . 2007 TS-39