- (a) “Reasonable costs” means costs or a range of costs commensurate with the level of corrective action necessary to assess or remediate (or both) the petroleum storage tank system release based on an evaluation of typical costs expected for the particular corrective action under review, with respect to the necessary or required scope and complexity of the action.
(b)
- (1) Hourly charges for equipment may be established in the cost proposal submitted for each major phase of work.
- (2) Hourly rates must be competitive with similar charges by other contractors and may be rejected if they are determined to represent unreasonable costs.
- (c) A cost is not reasonable unless it is also an allowable cost under this subpart.