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Requesting Party for payment, subject to any protest by the Requesting Party. <br />E. If the Assisting Party cannot reach a mutual agreement with the Division or the Requesting <br />Party to the settlement of any protested bill or billed item, the Division, the Assisting Party, or the <br />Requesting Party may elect binding arbitration to determine its liability for the protested bill or billed <br />item in accordance with Section F of this Article. <br />F. If the Division or a Participating Party elects binding arbitration, it may select as an arbitrator <br />any elected official of another Participating Party, or any other official of another Participating Party <br />whose normal duties include emergency management, and the other Participating Party shall also select <br />such an official as an arbitrator, and the arbitrators thus chosen shall select another such official as a third <br />arbitrator. <br />G. The three (3) arbitrators shall convene by teleconference or videoconference within thirty (30) <br />calendar days to consider any documents and any statements or arguments by the Department, the <br />Requesting Party, or the Assisting Party concerning the protest, and shall render a decision in writing not <br />later than ten (10) business days after the close of the hearing. The decision of a majority of the <br />arbitrators shall bind the parties, and shall be final. <br />H. If the Requesting Party has not forwarded a request through the Division, or if an Assisting <br />Party has rendered assistance without being requested to do so by the Division, the Division shall not be <br />liable for the costs of any such assistance. All requests to the Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />(FEMA) for the reimbursement of costs incurred by any Participating Party shall be made by and through <br />the Division. <br />I. If FEMA denies any request for reimbursement of costs which the Division has already <br />advanced to an Assisting Party, the Assisting Party shall repay such costs to the Division, but the Division <br />may waive such repayment for cause. <br />ARTICLE VIII. <br />8 <br />37 <br />