Davis-Bacon Wage Rates

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appropriations bills for FY2010 and beyond included a Davis-Bacon Act requirement. The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors and subcontractors to pay worker wages and fringe at rates not less than what is specified by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The EPA requirement applies to recipients of over $2,000 in construction, alteration and repair funding provided by states using Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs.