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State Fiscal Year 2012 Community Transportation Programs
<br />Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurance
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<br />(c) The Applicant will provide relocation assistance programs offering the services described in 42 U.S.C.
<br />4625 to such displaced families, individuals, partnerships, corporations, or associations in the manner
<br />provided in 49 CFR part 24;
<br />(d) Within a reasonable time before displacement, the Applicant will make available comparable
<br />replacement dwellings to displaced families and individuals as required by 42 U.S.C. 4625(c)(3);
<br />(e) The Applicant will carry out the relocation process in such manner as to provide displaced persons with
<br />uniform and consistent services, and will make available replacement housing in the same range of
<br />choices with respect to such housing to all displaced persons regardless of race, color, religion, or
<br />national origin;
<br />(f) In acquiring real property, the Applicant will be guided to the greatest extent practicable under State law,
<br />by the real property acquisition policies of 42 U.S.C. 4651 and 4652;
<br />(g) The Applicant will pay or reimburse property owners for their necessary expenses as specified in 42
<br />U.S.C. 4653 and 4654, with the understanding that FTA will provide Federal financial assistance for the
<br />Applicant's eligible costs of providing payments for those expenses, as required by 42 U.S.C. 4631;
<br />(h) The Applicant will execute such amendments to third party contracts and subagreements fmanced with
<br />FTA assistance and execute, furnish, and be bound by such additional documents as FTA may determine
<br />necessary to effectuate or implement the assurances provided herein; and
<br />(i) The Applicant agrees to make these assurances part of or incorporate them by reference into any third
<br />party contract or subagreement, or any amendments thereto, relating to any project fmanced by FTA
<br />involving relocation or land acquisition and provide in any affected document that these relocation and
<br />land acquisition provisions shall supersede any conflicting provisions;
<br />(7) To the extent applicable, will comply with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq., the
<br />Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act, as amended, at 18 U.S.C. 874, and at 40 U.S.C. 3145, and the Contract Work
<br />Hours and Safety Standards Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq., regarding labor standards for federally
<br />assisted projects;
<br />(8) To the extent applicable, will comply with the flood insurance purchase requirements of section 102(a) of the
<br />Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 42 U.S:C. 4012a(a), requiring the Applicant and its
<br />subrecipients in a special flood hazard area to participate in the program and purchase flood insurance if the
<br />total cost of insurable construction and acquisition is $10,000 or more;
<br />(9) To the extent applicable, will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, 42 U.S.C. 4831(b),
<br />which prohibits the use of lead-based paint in the construction or rehabilitation of residence structures;
<br />(10) To the extent applicable, will not dispose of, modify the use of, or change the terms of the real property title or
<br />other interest in the site and facilities on which a construction project supported with FTA assistance takes
<br />place without permission and instructions from FTA;
<br />(11) To the extent required by FTA, will record the Federal interest in the title of real property, and will include a
<br />covenant in the title of real property acquired in whole or in part with Federal assistance funds to assure
<br />nondiscrimination during the useful life of the project;
<br />(12) To the extent applicable, will comply with FTA provisions concerning the drafting, review, and approval of
<br />construction plans and specifications of any construction project supported with FTA assistance. As required
<br />by U.S. DOT regulations, "Seismic Safety," 49 CFR 41.117(d), before accepting delivery of any building
<br />financed with FTA assistance, it will obtain a certificate of compliance with the seismic design and
<br />construction requirements of 49 CFR part 41;
<br />(13) To the extent applicable, will provide and maintain competent and adequate engineering supervision at the
<br />construction site of any project supported with FTA assistance to assure that the complete work conforms with
<br />the approved plans and specifications, and will furnish progress reports and such other information as may be
<br />required by FTA or the State;
<br />(14) To the extent applicable, will comply with any applicable environmental standards that may be prescribed to
<br />implement the following Federal laws and executive orders:
<br />(a) Institution of environmental quality control measures under the National Environmental Policy Act of
<br />1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 through 4335 and Executive Order No. 11514, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
<br />4321 note;
<br />(b) Notification of violating facilities pursuant to Executive Order No. 11738, 42 U.S.C. 7606 note;
<br />(c) Protection of wetlands pursuant to Executive Order No. 11990, 42 U.S.C. 4321 note;
<br />(d) Evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with Executive Order No. 11988, 42 U.S.C.
<br />4321 note;
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