(7/2019 version)
WS Agreement Number: 20-7233-2545-RA
WBS: AP.RA.RX33.72.0012
COOPERATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT
between
THE CITY OF NASHUA (Cooperater)
FOUR HILLS LANDFILL
and
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE (APHIS)
WILDLIFE SERVICES (WS)
ARTICLE 1 — PURPOSE
The purpose of this Cooperative Service Agreement is to continue an integrated wildlife management
and monitoring project on the Four Hills Landfill, Nashua, New Hampshire that will reduce on and
off-site conflicts associated with large concentrations of gulls, starlings and woodchucks using the
landfill. WS activities are described in the attached Work and Financial Plans.
ARTICLE 2 — AUTHORITY
APHIS-WS has statutory authority under the Acts of March 2, 1931, 46 Stat. 1468-69, 7 U.S.C. §§
8351-8352, as amended, and December 22, 1987, Public Law No. 100-202, § 101(k), 101 Stat. 1329-
331, 7 U.S.C. § 8353, to cooperate with States, local jurisdictions, individuals, public and private
agencies, organizations, and institutions while conducting a program of wildlife services involving
mammal and bird species that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases, or animal species that are injurious
and/or a nuisance to, among other things, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry,
wildlife, and human health and safety.
ARTICLE 3 - MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The cooperating parties mutually understand and agree to/that:
}, APHIS-WS shall perform services set forth in the Work Plan, which is attached hereto and
made a part hereof. The parties may mutually agree in writing, at any time during the term of
this agreement, to amend, modify, add or delete services from the Work Plan.
2. The Cooperator certifies that APHIS-WS has advised the Cooperator there may be private
sector service providers available to provide wildlife damage management (WDM) services
that the Cooperator is seeking from APHIS-WS.
3, There will be no equipment with a procurement price of $5,000 or more per unit purchased
directly with funds from the Cooperator for use on this project. All other equipment purchased
for the program is and will remain the property of APHIS-WS.
4. To meet as determined necessary by cither party to discuss mutual program interests,
accomplishments, needs, technology, and procedures to maintain or amend the Work Plan.
Personnel authorized to attend meetings under this Agreement shall be the Cooperator Vice
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