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agrees as follows: a. Land Acauisition. The Contractor agrees to comply with 49 U.S.C. § 5324(a), which requires compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4601 et seq.; and with U.S. DOT regulations, "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs," 49 C.F.R. Part ~~ 24. (See, new U.S. DOT final rule, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs," 49 C.F.R. Part 24, 70 Fed. Reg. 590 et seq., January 4, 2005.] These requirements apply to all interests in real property acquired for Project purposes regardless of Federal participation in the cost of that real property. b. Covenant Assuring Nondiscrimination. The Contractor agrees to include a covenant in the title of the real property acquired for the Project to assure nondiscrimination during the useful life of the Project. c. Recording Title to Real Property. To the extent required by FTA and the Department, the Contractor agrees to record the Federal and/or State's interest in title to real property used in connection with the Project and/or execute at the request of the Department any instrument or documents evidencing or related to the State's interest in the Project's property. (1) As a condition of its participation in a Facility Project, the Department will retain a secured interest in the Project for the estimated life of the Project, expected to be forty (40) years, following completion of the Project; or the prorated share of the original investment or current fair market value (the higher value of the two); whichever comes first. d. Department Approval of Changes in Real Property Ownership. The Contractor agrees that it will not dispose of, modify the use of, or change the terms of the real property title, or other interest in the site and facilities used in the Project without prior written permission and instructions from the Department. e. Disposal of Real Property. (1) If useful life is not attained, upon the sale or disposition of any Project facility, the Department shall be entitled to a refund of the original state and/or federal investment or the state and/or federal prorated share of the current fair market value of the project facility, whichever- is greater. (2) For the purpose of this Agreement, the term "any sale or disposition of the Project facility' shall mean any sale or disposition of the facility for a use not consistent with purposes for which the state and/or federal share was originally granted pursuant to the Project Agreement, or for a use consistent with such purposes wherein the transferee in the sale or disposition does not enter into an assignment and assumption agreement with the Contractor with respect to the Contractor's obligation under this Agreement or the Grant Agreement, so that the transferee becomes obligated as if the transferee had been the original party. Section 21. Employee Protections. a. Construction Activities. The Contractor agrees to comply, and assures the compliance of each third party contractor and each subrecipient at any tier of the Project, with the following laws and regulations providing protections for construction employees: (1) Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 5333(a), which requires compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq., and implementing U.S. DOL ,~ regulations, Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing Federally Financed and Assisted Construction (also Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Nonconstruction Contracts Subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act)," 29 C.F.R. Part 5; Updated 9/17/10 Page 25 of 34