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State Fiscal Year 2013 Public Transportation Programs Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurances FEDERAL (FTA) AND STATE (NCDOT) CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS STATE FISCAL YEAR 2013 Before the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) may award Federal and/or State transit assistance funds to support a project, each Subrecipient must provide certain certifications and assurances required by FederaUState law or regulation. You must provide all certifications and assurances required to support applications for FTA/NCDOT funding during Federal fiscal year (FFI~ 2012. We request that you read each cert fication and assurance carefully and select all certifications and assurances that might apply to all projects for which you might seek FTA/NCDOT funding. We can award FTA/NCDOT funding for your project only if you provide adequate cert~cations and assurances as required by FederaUState law or regulation. We have consolidated our certifications and assurances into 18 groups. At a minimum, you must provide the assurances in Category 01. Depending on the nature of the Subrecipient and its project, the Subrecipient may need to provide some of the certifications and assurances in Categories 03 through 18. However, instead of selecting individual groups of certifications and assurances, you may make a single selection that will encompass all groups of certifications and assurances applicable to all FTA/NCDOT programs. NCDOT and the Subrecipient understand and agree that not every provision of these cert~cations and assurances will apply to every Subrecipient or every project we fund. The type of project and Subrecipient will determine which certifications and assurances apply. The Subrecipient also understands and agrees that these certifications and assurances are special pre-award requirements and do not include all FederaUNCDOT requirements that may apply to the Subrecipient omits project. The FTA Master Agreement MA(18) for Federal Fiscal Year 2012, http://www.~ta.dot. eov/documents/18-Master,~df contains a list of most of those requirements. Except in limited circumstances, the Subrecipient is ultimately responsible for compliance with the certifications and assurances that apply to itself or its project irrespective of Subrecipient participation in the project. Because many FFY2012 cert~cations and assurances will require Subrecipient compliance, we strongly recommend that you take appropriate measures to assure the validity of your cert~cations and assurances. The Subrecipient understands and agrees that when applying for funding on behalf of a consortium, joint venture, partnership, or team, each member of that consortium, joint venture, partnership, or team is responsible for compliance with the certifications and assurances that the Subrecipient selects. Note that by an opinion of the North Carolina Attorney General 's off ice, all Federal requirements have been passed down to State funded assistance. The Applicant must submit its certifications and assurances by completing and submitting the selection and signature pages at the end of this document: 1) Cert f cations and Assurances selection page; 2) Affirmation of Applicant; 3) Affirmation of Applicant 's Attorney; 4) Cert~cations and Restrictions on Lobbying; and 5) Certification of Equivalent Service. Ol. ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR EACH APPLICANT Each Subrecipient of FTA assistance awarded to NCDOT and each Subrecipient of State assistance must provide all assurances in this Category "01. " NCDOT may not award any State or Federal assistance until the Applicant provides the following assurances by selecting Category "01. " A. Assurance of Authority of the Applicant and Its Representative The authorized representative of the Applicant and the Applicant's attorney who sign these certifications, assurances, and agreements, affirm that both the Applicant and its authorized representative may, under North