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<br />liquidated damages it receives to its Award Budget for its Underlying Agreement rather than return
<br />the federal share of those liquidated damages to the Federal Government, provided that the
<br />Recipient receives FTA’s prior written concurrence.
<br />E.Enforcement. The Recipient must pursue its legal rights and remedies available under any third
<br />party agreement or any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
<br />Contractor agrees to notify the City of Everett immediately if it becomes involved in a current or
<br />prospective legal matter that may affect the federal government, which includes, but is not limited to,
<br />FTA’s interests in the award, the accompanying underlying agreement, and any Amendments thereto,
<br />or the FTA’s administration or enforcement of federal laws, regulations, and requirements. The types of
<br />legal matters that require notification include, but are not limited to, a major dispute, breach, default,
<br />litigation, or where the FTA may be named as a party to litigation or a legal disagreement in any forum
<br />for any reason.
<br />Contractor will immediately notify the City of Everett if it has knowledge of potential fraud, waste, or
<br />abuse occurring in relation to this Contract. The notification provision applies if a person has or may
<br />have submitted a false claim under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., or has or may have
<br />committed a criminal or civil violation of law pertaining to such matters as fraud, conflict of interest, bid
<br />rigging, misappropriation or embezzlement, bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct involving federal
<br />assistance. Knowledge, as used in this paragraph, includes, but is not limited to, knowledge of a criminal
<br />or civil investigation by a federal, state, or local law enforcement or other investigative agency, a
<br />criminal indictment or civil complaint, or probable cause that could support a criminal indictment, or
<br />any other credible information in the possession of the City of Everett.
<br />The City of Everett reserves the right to seek all remedies available to it under law, including to procure
<br />substitute services or products elsewhere and recover its damages, attorneys’ fees and costs from
<br />Contractor.
<br />42.SOLID WASTES
<br />Required Clause in Third-Party Contracts. In addition to other applicable provisions of federal law,
<br />regulations, requirements, and guidance, all third-party contracts made by the Recipient under the
<br />Federal award must contain provisions covering the following:
<br />A Recipient that is a state agency or agency of a political subdivision of a state and its contractors must
<br />comply with section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation
<br />and Recovery Act. The requirements of Section 6002 include procuring only items designated in
<br />guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR Part 247 that contain the highest
<br />percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of
<br />competition, where the purchase price of the item exceeds $10,000 or the value of the quantity
<br />acquired during the preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000; procuring solid waste management
<br />services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource recovery; and establishing an affirmative
<br />procurement program for procurement of recovered materials identified in the EPA guidelines.
<br />43.ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
<br />A.General. The Recipient agrees to, and assures that its Third-Party Participants will, comply with all
<br />applicable environmental and resource use laws, regulations, and requirements, and follow
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