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Sub recipients may obtain wage determinations from the U.S. Department of Labor's web site, www.dol.gov. (ii)(A)The sub recipient(s),on behalf of EPA,shall require that any class of laborers or mechanics,including helpers,which is not listed in the wage determination and which is to be employed under the contract shall be classified in conformance with the wage determination.The State award official shall approve a request for an additional classification and wage rate and fringe benefits therefore only when the following criteria have been met: (1)The work to be performed by the classification requested is not performed by a classification in the wage determination;and (2)The classification is utilized in the area by the construction industry;and (3)The proposed wage rate,including any bona fide fringe benefits,bears a reasonable relationship to the wage rates contained in the wage determination. (B)If the contractor and the laborers and mechanics to be employed in the classification(if known),or their representatives,and the sub recipient(s)agree on the classification and wage rate(including the amount designated for fringe benefits where appropriate), documentation of the action taken and the request, including the local wage determination shall be sent by the sub recipient(s)to the State award official.The State award official will transmit the report,to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division,Employment Standards Administration,U.S.Department of Labor,Washington,DC 20210 and to the EPA DB Regional Coordinator concurrently. The Administrator, or an authorized representative, will approve, modify, or disapprove every additional classification request within 30 days of receipt and so advise the State award official or will notify the State award official within the 30-day period that additional time is necessary. (C) In the event the contractor, the laborers or mechanics to be employed in the classification or their representatives,and the and the sub recipient(s)do not agree on the proposed classification and wage rate (including the amount designated for fringe benefits,where appropriate),the award official shall refer the request, and the local wage determination, including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the State award official,to the Administrator for determination.The request shall be sent to the EPA Regional Coordinator concurrently.The Administrator,or an authorized representative,will issue a determination within 30 days of receipt of the request and so advise the contracting officer or will notify the contracting officer within the 30-day period that additional time is necessary. (D) The wage rate (including fringe benefits where appropriate) determined pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1)(ii)(B)or(C)of this section,shall be paid to all workers performing work in the classification under this contract from the first day on which work is performed in the classification. (iii) Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the contract for a class of laborers or mechanics includes a fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate,the contractor shall either pay the benefit as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide fringe benefit or an hourly cash equivalent thereof. (iv)If the contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other third person,the contractor may consider as part of the wages of any laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program, Provided,That the Secretary of Labor has found,upon the written request of the contractor,that the applicable standards of the Davis-Bacon Act have been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the contractor to set aside in a separate account assets for the meeting of obligations under the plan or program. (2)Withholding.The sub recipient(s)shall upon written request of the EPA Award Official or an authorized representative of the Department of Labor,withhold or cause to be withheld from the contractor under this contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally-assisted D-22