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State Fiscal Year 2013 Public Transportation Progams
<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 Federal/State 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 progams, and:
<br />(1) It has the necessary legal authority under State and local law to comply with:
<br />(a) The Unifonn Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as
<br />amended, (Unifonn 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 Progams," 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 />progams 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 Cany 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 geatest 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, furnish, 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,
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