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XVII. INVENTIONS, PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS A. Reporting Procedure. If any project produces patentable items, patent rights, processes, or inventions in the course of work under a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant or agreement, the One-Stop Partner/SAWIB shall report the fact promptly and fully to the CITY. The One-Stop Partner/SAWIB shall report the fact to the Grant Officer at the DOL. Unless there is a prior agreement between the CITY and the DOL and its representative on these matters, the DOL shall determine whether to seek protection on the invention or discovery. The DOL and its representative shall determine how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, will be allocated and administered in order to protect the public interest consistent with the "Governmental Patent Policy" (President's Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, August 23, 1971, and Statement of Government Patent Policy as printed in 36 FR 16889). B. Copyright Policy. 1. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of the grant or agreement, when copyright-able material is developed in the course of or under a DOL Grant or agreement, the City and the author that developed the work is free to copyright material or to permit others to do so. The One-Stop Partner and the SAWIB shall have a royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, use and to authorize others to use all copyrighted material. 2. The DOL reserves aroyalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use, for Federal Government purposes: (a) The copyright in any work developed under any grant, sub-grant, or contract under a grant or subgrant; (b) Any right of copyright to which a grantee, subgrantee or a contractor purchases ownership with grant support; and (c) Each One-Stop Partner and the SAWIB shall comply with the requirements of 29 CFR Part 97.34. C. Rights to Data. The DOL and the City shall have unlimited rights to any data first procured or delivered under this Agreement. XVIII. CLEAN AIR/CLEAN WATER; If the grant hereunder exceeds $100,000, Section 306 of the Clean Air Act [(42 USC 1875(h)]; Section 508 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1368); Executive Order 11738 and Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") regulations (40 CFR Part 15) as any may now exist or be hereafter amended, must be adhered to. Under these laws and regulations, assurances will be made to the following effect: (a) No facility to be utilized in the performance of the proposed grant has been listed on the EPA List of Violating Facilities; 4 25J-6