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Section 14
<br />Environmental Requirements
<br />The CONTRACTOR agrees to comply with all applicable requirements of chapter 43.21C RCW
<br />"State Environmental Policy Act" (SEPA).
<br />Section 15
<br />Accounting Records
<br />A. Project Accounts. The CONTRACTOR agrees to establish and maintain for the Project
<br />either a separate set of accounts or separate accounts within the framework of an established
<br />accounting system that can be identified with the Project. The CONTRACTOR agrees that all
<br />checks, payrolls, invoices, contracts, vouchers, orders, or other accounting documents pertaining
<br />in whole or in part to the Project shall be clearly identified, readily accessible and available to
<br />WSDOT upon request, and, to the extent feasible, kept separate from documents not pertaining to
<br />the Project.
<br />B. Documentation of Project Costs and Program Income. The CONTRACTOR agrees to
<br />support all allowable costs charged to the Project, including any approved services contributed by
<br />the CONTRACTOR or others, with properly executed payrolls, time records, invoices, contracts, or
<br />vouchers describing in detail the nature and propriety of the charges. The CONTRACTOR also
<br />agrees to maintain accurate records of all program income derived from implementing the Project.
<br />Section 16
<br />Audits, Inspection, and Retention of Records
<br />A. Submission of Proceedings, Contracts, Agreements, and Other Documents. During
<br />the performance period of the Project and for six (6) years thereafter, the CONTRACTOR agrees
<br />to retain intact and to provide any data, documents, reports, records, contracts, and supporting
<br />materials relating to the Project as WSDOT may require. Project closeout does not alter these
<br />recording and record -keeping requirements. Should an audit, enforcement, or litigation process be
<br />commenced, but not completed, during the aforementioned six -year period then the
<br />CONTRACTOR's obligations hereunder shall be extended until the conclusion of that pending audit,
<br />enforcement, or litigation process.
<br />B. General Audit Requirements. The CONTRACTOR agrees to obtain any other audits
<br />required by WSDOT at CONTRACTOR's expense. Project closeout will not alter the
<br />CONTRACTOR's audit responsibilities.
<br />C. Inspection. The CONTRACTOR agrees to permit WSDOT and the State Auditor, or their
<br />authorized representatives, to inspect all Project work materials, payrolls, and other data, and to
<br />audit the books, records, and accounts of the CONTRACTOR and its subcontractors pertaining to
<br />the Project. The CONTRACTOR agrees to require each third party to permit WSDOT, and the State
<br />Auditor or their duly authorized representatives, to inspect all work, materials, payrolls, and other
<br />data and records involving that third party contract, and to audit the books, records, and accounts
<br />involving that third party contract as it affects the Project.
<br />Section 17
<br />Labor Provisions
<br />Overtime Requirements. No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor contracting for any part of the
<br />Project work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require
<br />or permit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such
<br />work to work in excess of forty (40) hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic
<br />receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all
<br />hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in such workweek CONTRACTOR will comply with all
<br />applicable provisions of Title 49 RCW, Labor Regulations.
<br />Everett Transit
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