Clean Air
All Contracts and Subcontracts over $150,000.
Contractor shall comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations pursuant to the
Clean Air Act, 42 USC 7401 et seq. Contractor shall report each violation to the recipient
and understands and agrees that the recipient will, in turn, report each violation as required
to FTA and the appropriate EPA Regional Office. Contractor shall include these
requirements in each subcontract exceeding $150,000 financed in whole or in part with
FTA assistance.
The contractor agrees:
A) It will not use any violating facilities;
B) It will report the use of facilities placed on or likely to be placed on the U.S. EPA
“List of Violating Facilities;”
C) It will report violations of use of prohibited facilities to FTA; and
D) It will comply with the inspection and other requirements of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (42 USC 7401-7671q).
Contract Work Hours & Safety Standards Act
Applicability — Contracts over $100,000
1; Overtime requirements - No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of
the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics
shall require or permit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is
employed on such work to work in excess of 40 hours in such workweek unless such
laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times
the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in such workweek.
2. Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages - In the event of any
violation of the clause set forth in para. (1) of this section, contractor and any subcontractor
responsible therefore shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such contractor and
subcontractor shall be liable for liquidated damages. Such liquidated damages shall be
computed with respect to each individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and
guards, employed in violation of the clause set forth in para. (1) of this section, in the sum
of $10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in
excess of the standard workweek of 40 hours without payment of the overtime wages
required by the clause set forth in para. (1) of this section.
3. Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages - the recipient shal! upon its
own action or upon written request of USDOL withhold or cause to be withheld, from any
moneys payable on account of work performed by contractor or subcontractor under any
such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other
federally-assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours & Safety Standards Act,
which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be
necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and
liquidated damages as provided in the clause set forth in para. (2) of this section.
