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I State Fiscal Year 2014 Public Transportation Programs Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurances e. The Applicant agrees that the latest Charter Service Agreement it has selected in its latest annual Certifications and Assurances is incorporated by reference in and made part of the underlying Agreement accompanying an award of FTA/NCDOT funding, and f. The Applicant agrees that: (1) FTA may require corrective measures or impose remedies on it or any governmental authority or publicly owned operator that receives FTA funding made available or authorized for its Project that has engaged in a pattern of violations of FTA's Charter Service regulations by: (a) Conducting charter operations prohibited by Federal transit laws and FTA's Charter Service regulations,or (b) Otherwise violating the Applicant's Charter Service Agreement it has elected in its latest annual Certifications and Assurances, and (2) These corrective measures and remedies may include: (a) Barring the Applicant or any Third Party Participant operating public transportation under the Project that has provided prohibited charter service from receiving FTA funds, (b) Withholding an amount of Federal funds as provided by Appendix D to FTA's Charter Service regulations,or (c) Any other appropriate remedy that may apply,and 2. Exceptions.Apart from exceptions to the charter service restrictions in FTA's Charter Service Regulations, FTA has established the following additional exceptions to those restrictions: a. FTA's Charter Service restrictions do not apply to an Applicant seeking funding made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5307 to be used for Job Access and Reverse Commute(JARC)activities that would have been eligible for assistance under repealed 49 U.S.C. 5316 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year,provided that the Applicant uses that FTA funding for program purposes only, b. FTA's Charter Service restrictions do not apply to an Applicant seeking funding made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5310 to be used for New Freedom activities that would have been eligible for assistance under repealed 49 U.S.C. 5317 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year,provided the Applicant uses that FTA funding for program purposes only,and c. An Applicant for assistance under 49 U.S.C.chapter 53 will not be determined to have violated the FTA Charter Service regulations if that recipient/subrecipient provides a private intercity or charter transportation operator reasonable access to that recipient's federally funded public transportation facilities,including intermodal facilities, park and ride lots, and bus-only highway lanes as specified in 49 U.S.C. 5323(r), as amended by MAP-21. C. School Bus Agreement You must enter into the School Bus Agreement in Group 03.C ifyou apply for funding to acquire or operate transit facilities and equipment, unless you qualify for an exception under Federal law and regulations. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5323(f)and(g), as amended by MAP-21, and FTA regulations,"School Bus Operations," 49 CFR part 605,to the extent consistent with 49 U.S.C. 5323(f)and(g),as amended by MAP-21,you are entering into the following School Bus Agreement: 1, FTA's"School Bus Operations"regulations restrict school bus operations(as defined in the FTA regulations) using facilities and equipment acquired with Federal funding derived from: a. Federal transit laws,49 U.S.C. chapter 53,or b. 23 U.S.C. 133 or 142, 2. FTA's school bus operations restrictions extend to: a. An Applicant,when it becomes a recipient/subrecipient of Federal funding made available or authorized for (1) Federal transit laws,49 U.S.C. chapter 53, or (2) 23 U.S.C. 133 or 142, b. Any Third Party Participant that receives Federal funding derived from: (1) Federal transit laws,49 U.S.C.chapter 53, or (2) 23 U.S.C. 133 or 142, 3. A Third Party Participant includes any: a. Subrecipient at any tier, b. Lessee, 12