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<br />State Fiscal Year 2013 Public Transportation Programs <br />Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurances <br />(6) Nondiscrimination requirements relating to the sale, rental, or financing of housing of Title VIII of <br />the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq., <br />(7) Prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of drug abuse of the Drug Abuse Office and <br />Treatment Act of 1972, as amended, 21 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., <br />(8) Prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of alcohol abuse of the Comprehensive Alcohol <br />Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4541 et seq., <br />(9) Confidentiality requirements for the records of alcohol and drug abuse patients of the Public Health <br />Service Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 290dd - 290dd-2, .and <br />(10) Nondiscrimination provisions of any other statute(s) that may apply to the project, <br />b. Regardless of whether FederaUState funding has been provided for any of the real property acquired for <br />Project purposes, it will provide for fair and equitable treatment of displaced persons or persons whose <br />property is acquired as a result of federaUstate assisted programs, and: <br />(1) It has the necessary legal authority under State and local law to comply with: <br />(a) The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as <br />amended, (Uniform Relocation Act) 42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq., as specified by sections 210 and 305 <br />of that Act, 42 U.S.C. 4630 and 4655, respectively, and <br />(b) U.S. DOT regulations, "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for <br />Federal and Federally Assisted Programs," 49 CFR part 24, specifically 49 CFR 24.4. <br />(2) It has complied with or will comply with the Uniform Relocation Act and implementing U.S. DOT <br />regulations including but not limited to doing the following: <br />(a) It will adequately inform each affected person of the benefits, policies, and procedures provided <br />for in 49 CFR part 24, <br />(b) As required by 42 U.S.C. 4622, 4623, and 4624, and 49 CFR part 24, it will provide fair and <br />reasonable relocation payments and assistance for displacement, resulting from any <br />FTA/NCDOT funded project, of: <br />1 Families and individuals, <br />2 Partnerships, corporations, or associations, <br />(c) As provided by 42 U.S.C. 4625 and 49 CFR part 24, it will provide relocation assistance <br />programs offering the services described in to the U.S. DOT regulations to such displaced: <br />1 Families and individuals, <br />2 Partnerships, corporations, or associations, <br />(d) As required by 42 U.S.C. 4625(c)(3), within a reasonable time before displacement it will make <br />available comparable replacement dwellings to families and individuals, <br />(e) It will: <br />1 Carry out the relocation process to provide displaced persons with uniform and consistent <br />services, and <br />2 Make available replacement housing in the same range of choices with respect to such <br />housing to all displaced persons regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin, <br />(f) It will be guided to the greatest extent practicable under State law, by the real property <br />acquisition policies of 42 U.S.C. 4651 and 4652, <br />(g) It will pay or reimburse property owners for their necessary expenses as specified in 42 U.S.C. <br />4653 and 4654, understanding that FTA/NCDOT will provide FederaUState funding for its <br />eligible costs of providing payments for those expenses, as required by 42 U.S.C. 4631, <br />(h) It will execute the necessary implementing amendments to third party contracts and <br />subagreements financed with FTA/NCDOT funding, and <br />(i) It will execute, famish, and be bound by such additional documents as FTA/NCDOT may <br />determine necessary to effectuate or implement these assurances, and <br />(j) It will incorporate these assurances by reference into and make them a part of any third party <br />contract or subagreement, or any amendments thereto, relating to any FTA/NCDOT funded <br />project involving relocation or land acquisition, and <br />(k) It will provide in any affected document that these relocation and land acquisition provisions <br />must supersede any conflicting provisions, <br />c. To the extent practicable, it will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, 42 U.S.C. <br />4831(b), which prohibits the use of lead-based paint in the construction or rehabilitation of residence <br />structures, <br />