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Compliance with the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act: (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 forty 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 forty hours in such workweek. (2) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (1)of this section the Contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, Contractor and any subcontractor shall be liable to the United States(in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or to such territory), 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 paragraph (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 forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in paragraph (1)of this section. (3) Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. Any Federal agency may provide funding under this agreement shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the 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 and 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 paragraph (2)of this section. (4)Subcontracts.The Contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraph(1)through(4)of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts.The prime contractor shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs(1)through (4)of this section. B. Clean Air Act(42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.)and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act(33 U.S.C. 1251- 1387), as amended—Contractor shall comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act(42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q)and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended(33 U.S.C. 1251-1387). Violations must be reported to the Federal awarding agency and the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA). Clean Air Act: (1) The contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act,as amended,42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq. (2)The contractor agrees to report each violation to the SWDD and understands and agrees that the SWDD will,in turn,report each violation as required to assure notification to any appropriate recipient, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office. (3)The contractor agrees to include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding$100,000 financed in whole or in part with Federal assistance provided by FEMA. Federal Water Pollution Control Act: (1) The contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,as amended,33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Page 9