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COOPERTIVE AGREEMENT NO. 1-2447 <br />EXHIBIT B <br />ARTICLE 22. CLEAN AIR <br />CITY shall comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to <br />the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. CITY shall report each violation to <br />AUTHORITY, who will in turn, report each violation as required to assure notification to FTA and <br />the appropriate EPA Regional Office. CITY agrees to include this requirement in all of its <br />subcontracts. <br />ARTCLE 23. LOBBYING <br />Vendors who apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more shall file the certification; required by <br />49 CFR part 20, "New Restrictions on Lobbying". Each tier certifies to the above that it will not or <br />has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or <br />attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or <br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining <br />any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Each tier shall also <br />disclose the name of any registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 who has made <br />lobbying contacts on its behalf with non-Federal funds with respect to that Federal contract, grant <br />or award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the <br />recipient. <br />ARTICLE 24. BUY AMERICA <br />A. Vendor is directed to the "Buy America" requirements of the Surface Transportation <br />Assistance Act of 1982 (Section 165) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of <br />1991 (ISTEA) Sections 1041(a) and 1048(a) and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. In <br />conformance with the law and regulations, all manufacturing processes for steel and iron <br />materials furnished for incorporation into the work on this Project shall occur in the United States; <br />with the exception that pig iron and processed, pellitized and reduced iron ore manufactured <br />outside of the United States may be used in domestic manufacturing process for such steel and <br />iron materials. The application of coatings, such as epoxy coating, galvanizing, painting, and <br />other coating that protects or enhances the value of steel or iron materials shall be considered a <br />manufacturing process subject to the "Buy America" requirements. <br />B. A Certificate of Compliance, conforming to the provisions of this Article shall be <br />furnished for steel and iron materials. The certificates, in addition to certifying that the materials <br />comply with the specifications, shall specifically certify that all manufacturing processes for the <br />materials occurred in the United States, except for the exceptions listed herein. <br />C. The requirements imposed by law and regulations do not prevent a minimal use of <br />foreign steel and iron materials of the total combined cost of the materials used does not exceed <br />one-tenth of one percent (0.1 percent) of the total contract cost or $2,500, whichever is greater. <br />CITY shall furnish the AUTHORITY acceptable documentation of the quantity and value of the <br />foreign steel and iron prior to incorporating the materials in the work. <br />Orange County Transportatfon Authority 12 <br />Revised: 0511012010