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Written approval must be provided by FEMA prior to the use of any HSGP funds for construction or renovation. When applying for construction fiords, including communications towers, at the time of application, grantees must submit evidence of approved zoning ordinances, architectural plans, any other locally required planning permits, and a notice of Federal interest, Additionally, grantees are required to submit a SF -424C Budget and Budget detail citing the project costs. When applying :for funds to construct communication towers, grantees and sub - grantees must submit evidence that the FCC's Section 106 review process has been completed and submit all documentation resulting from that review to GPD using the guidelines in EHP Supplement prior to submitting materials for EHP review. Completed EHP review materials for construction and communication tower projects must be submitted no later than 12 months before the end of the period of performance. EHP review materials should be sent to 0 h in b�- z.crov. HSGP Program grantees using funds for construction projects must comply with the Davis - Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq). Grant recipients must ensure that their contractors or subcontractors for construction projects pay workers employed directly at the work -site no less than the prevailing wages and fringe benefits paid on projects of a similar character. Additional information, including Department of Labor (DOL) wage determinations, is available from the following website hQ-Ilwww dot gv/co "liance/laws /comp -dhra btm. OPSG funds may not be used for any type of construction. Personnel (SHSP and UASI) Personnel hiring, overtime, and bachfill expenses are permitted under this grant in order to perform allowable HSGP planning, training, exercise, and equipment activities, Personnel may include but is not limited to: training and exercise coordinators, program managers for activities directly associated with SHSP and UASI funded activities, intelligence analysts, slid statewide interoperability coordinators (SWIC). For further details, SAAB should refer to IB #1358 or contact their FEMA Headquarters Program Analyst. HSGP funds may not be used to support the hiring of any personnel for the purposes of fulfilling traditional public health and safety duties or to supplant traditional public health and safety positions and responsibilities. The following are definitions as it relates to personnel costs: Hiring. State and local entities may use grant funding to cover the salary of newly hired personnel who are exclusively undertaking allowable FEMA program activities as specified in this guidance. This may not include new personnel who are hired to fulfill any non -FEMA program activities under any circumstances. Hiring will always result in a net increase of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees. Overtime. These expenses are Ibmited to the additional costs which result from personnel working over and above 40 hours of weekly work time as a direct result of their 54 Appendix C— FY2014 HSGP Funding Guidelines 55B -94