The BAC shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan. The BAC shall direct the Trustee concerning all payments which shall be made out of the Trust pursuant to the Plan. The BAC shall have the discretionary authority to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and determine all questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan, such determinations to be presumptively conclusive and binding on all persons to the maximum extent allowed by law, and uniformly and consistently applied to all persons in similar circumstances; adopt such rules and procedures as it deems necessary, desirable or appropriate for the administration of the Plan; appoint such agents, counsel, accountants, consultants and other persons as may be required to administer the Plan; determine all claims for benefits, and take such further action as the BAC shall deem advisable in the administration of the Plan.