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ATTACHMENT A Wage Rate Requirements Under The Safe Drinking Water Act,Section 1450(d) (as of 1/12/23) Preamble With respect to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds,EPA provides capitalization grants to each State which in turn provides sub grants or loans to eligible entities within the State. Typically, the sub recipients are municipal or other local governmental entities that manage the funds. For these types of recipients,the provisions set forth under Roman numeral I,below,shall apply.Although EPA and the State remain responsible for ensuring sub recipients'compliance with the wage rate requirements set forth herein, those sub recipients shall have the primary responsibility to maintain payroll records as described in Section 3(ii)(A),below and for compliance as described in Section 1-5. Occasionally,the sub recipient may be a private for profit or not for profit entity.For these types of recipients, the provisions set forth in Roman Numeral II, below, shall apply. Although EPA and the State remain responsible for ensuring sub recipients'compliance with the wage rate requirements set forth herein,those sub recipients shall have the primary responsibility to maintain payroll records as described in Section II- 3(ii)(A),below and for compliance as described in Section II-5. ATTACHMENT I. Requirements Under The Consolidated Appropriations Act.2016(P.L.114-113) For Sub recioients That Are Governmental Entities: The following terms and conditions specify how recipients will assist EPA in meeting its Davis-Bacon(DB) responsibilities when DB applies to EPA awards of financial assistance with respect to State recipients and sub recipients that are governmental entities.If a sub recipient has questions regarding when DB applies, obtaining the correct DB wage determinations,DB provisions,or compliance monitoring,it may contact the State recipient. If a State recipient needs guidance, the recipient may contact Mr. Dannell Brown, brown.dannell@epa.gov,(214)665-7279 of EPA Region 6 in Dallas,Texas for guidance.The recipient or sub recipient may also obtain additional guidance from DOL's web site at hftp://www.dol.gov/whd/ 1. Applicability of the Davis-Bacon(DB)prevailing wage requirements. DB prevailing wage requirements apply to the construction,alteration,and repair of treatment works carried out in whole or in part with assistance made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund and to any construction project carried out in whole or in part by assistance made available by a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund. If a sub recipient encounters a unique situation at a site that presents uncertainties regarding DB applicability, the sub recipient must discuss the situation with the recipient State before authorizing work on that site. 2. Obtaining Wage Determinations. (a)Sub recipients shall obtain the wage determination for the locality in which a covered activity subject to DB will take place prior to issuing requests for bids, proposals, quotes or other methods for soliciting contracts(solicitation)for activities subject to DB. These wage determinations shall be incorporated into solicitations and any subsequent contracts. Prime contracts must contain a provision requiring that subcontractors follow the wage determination incorporated into the prime contract. (i) While the solicitation remains open,the sub recipient shall monitor www.wdol.gov weekly to ensure that the wage determination contained in the solicitation remains current. The sub recipients shall amend the solicitation if DOL issues a modification more than 10 days prior to the closing date (i.e. bid opening) for the solicitation. If DOL modifies or supersedes the D-12