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Section 16. Employee Protections. <br />a. Activities Not Involving Construction. The Contractor agrees to comply, and <br />assures the compliance of each third party contractor and each subrecipient at any tier of the <br />Project, with the employee protection requirements for nonconstruction employees of the <br />Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. §§ 3701 et seq., in <br />particular the wage and hour requirements of Section 102 of that Act at 40 U.S.C. § 3702, and <br />with U.S. DOL regulations, "Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing <br />Federally Financed and Assisted Construction (also Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to <br />Nonconstruction Contracts Subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act)," 29 <br />C.F.R. Part 5. <br />b. Activities Involving Commerce. The Contractor agrees that the provisions of <br />the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., apply to employees performing Project <br />work involving commerce. <br />c. Public Transportation Employee Protective Arrangements for Projects in <br />Nonurbanized Areas Authorized by 49 U.S.C. ~ 5311. The Contractor agrees to comply with <br />the terms and conditions of the Special Warranty for the Nonurbanized Area Program agreed to <br />by the U.S. Secretaries of Transportation and Labor, dated May 31, 1979, U.S. DOL <br />implementing procedures, and any revisions thereto. , <br />Section 17. Environmental Protections. <br />a. General. The Contractor recognizes that many Federal and State laws <br />imposing environmental and resource conservation requirements may apply to the Project. <br />Some, but not all, of the major Federal and State laws that may affect the Project include: the <br />North Carolina Environmental Policy Act of 1971 (N.C.G.S. 113A); the National Environmental <br />Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 through 4335; the Clean Air Act, as <br />amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 through7671q and scattered sections of Title 29, United States <br />Code; the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 through 1377; the Resource <br />Project 07-US-056 Page 39 of 49 <br />Orange County <br />