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State Fiscal Yeaz 2012 Community Transportation Programs Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurance (3) If there is a violation of this School Transportation Agreement, NCDOT will bar the Applicant, subrecipient, lessee, third party contractor, or other participant in the project that has violated this School Transportation Agreement from receiving State and/or Federal transit assistance in an amount NCDOT considers appropriate. 11. DEMAND RESPONSIVE SERVICE An Applicant that operates demand responsive service and applies for State or Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53 to acquire nQn-rail public transportation vehicles is required to provide the following certification. NCDOT may not award State or Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53 to an Applicant that operates demand responsive service to acquire non-rail public transportation vehicles until the Applicant provides this certification by selecting Category "11. " As required by U.S. DOT regulations, "Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities (ADA)," at 49 CFR 37.77(d), the Applicant certifies that its demand responsive service offered to individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, is equivalent to the level and quality of service offered to individuals without disabilities. Viewed in its entirety, the Applicant's service for individuals with disabilities is provided in the most integrated setting feasible and is equivalent with respect to: (1) response time, (2) fares, (3) geographic service area, (4) hours and days of service, (5) restrictions on trip purpose, (6) availability of information and reservation capability, and (7) constraints on capacity or service availability. 12. ALCOHOL MISUSE AND PROHIBITED DRUG USE If an Applicant is required by FTA regulations, "Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations, " at 49 CFR part 655, to provide the following certification concerning its activities to prevent alcohol misuse and prohibited drug use in its public transportation operations, NCDOT may not provide State or Federal assistance to the Applicant until it provides this certification by selecting Category "12" As required by FTA regulations, "Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations," at 49 CFR part 655, subpart I, the Applicant certifies that it has established and implemented an alcohol misuse and anti-drug program, and has complied with or will comply with all applicable requirements of FTA regulations, "Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations," 49 CFR part 655. 13. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS An Applicant for State or (FTA) Federal assistance for an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project, defined as arty project that in whole or in part finances the acquisition of technologies or systems of technologies that provide or significantly contribute to the provision of one or more ITS user services as defined in the `National ITS Architecture, " is requested to provide the following assurance. NCDOT strongly encourages arty Applicant for State or (FTA) Federal ftnancial assistance to support an ITS project to provide this assurance by selecting Category "13. "An Applicant for NCDOT or FTA assistance for an ITSproject that fails to provide this assurance, without providing other documentation assuring the Applicant's commitment to comply with. applicable State andlor Federal -- ITS standards -and protocols, may be determined ineligible for award of StatelFederal assistance for the ITS project. As used in this assurance, the term Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project is defined to include any project that in whole or in part finances the acquisition of technologies or systems of technologies that provide or significantly contribute to the provision of one or more ITS user services as defined in the "National ITS Architecture." A. As provided in subsection 5307(c) of SAFETEA-LU, 23 U.S.C. 512 note, apart from certain exceptions, "intelligent transportation system projects carried out using funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including funds made available under this subtitle to deploy intelligent transportation system technologies, [shall] conform to the national architecture, applicable standards or provisional standards, and protocols developed under subsection (a) [of section 5307 of SAFETEA-LU]." To facilitate compliance with section 5307(c) of SAFETEA-LU, 23 U.S.C. 512 note, the Applicant assures it will comply with all applicable 13 10