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State Fiscal Year 2014 Public Transportation Programs <br /> Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurances <br /> FEDERAL (FTA)AND STATE (NCDOT) CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES <br /> FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS - STATE FISCAL YEAR 2014 <br /> Before the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) may award Federal and/or State transit <br /> assistance funds to support a public transportation Project, each Subrecipient must provide certain Certifications <br /> and Assurances required by Federal/State law or regulation. You must provide all Certifications and Assurances <br /> required to support applications for FTA/NCDOT funding during Federal fiscal year(FFY) 2013. <br /> We request that you read each Certification and Assurance carefully and select those that will apply to all Projects <br /> for which you might seek FTA/NCDOT funding. We can award FTA/NCDOT funding for your Project only if you <br /> provide adequate Certifications and Assurances as required by Federal/State law or regulation. We have <br /> consolidated our Certifications and Assurances into 17 groups.At a minimum,you must select the assurances in <br /> Group 01. If you request more than$100,000 in Federal/State assistance,you must also select the "Lobbying" <br /> Certification in Group 02, unless the Applicant is an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. <br /> Depending on the nature of the Subrecipient and its Project, the Subrecipient may need to select some of the <br /> Certifications and Assurances in Groups 03 through 17. However, instead ofselecting individual Groups of <br /> Certifications and Assurances,you may make a single selection that will encompass all Groups of Certifications and <br /> Assurances applicable to all FTA/NCDOT programs. NCDOT and the Subrecipient understand and agree that not <br /> every provision of these seventeen (17) Certifications and Assurances will apply to every Subrecipient or every <br /> Project we fund. The type of Project and Subrecipient will determine which Certifications and Assurances apply. <br /> The Subrecipient also understands and agrees that these Certifications and Assurances are pre-award requirements, <br /> generally required by Federal/State law or regulation, and do not include all Federal/State requirements that may <br /> apply to the Subrecipient or its Project. The FTA Master Agreement AM(19)for Federal FY 2013, <br /> http://wwrv. a.dot.gov/documents/19-Master,pdf. contains a list of most of those requirements. <br /> The Subrecipient is ultimately responsible for compliance with the Certifications and Assurances selected on its <br /> behalf that apply to itself or its Project, even if a Third Party Participant may be involved in the Subrecipient's <br /> Project, except as FTA/NCDOT determines otherwise in writing, For this reason, we strongly recommend that you <br /> take the appropriate measures to assure the validity of applicable Certifications and Assurances. The Subrecipient <br /> understands and agrees that when applying for funding on behalf of a consortium,joint venture,partnership, or <br /> team, each member of that consortium,joint venture,partnership, or team is responsible for compliance with the <br /> Certifications and Assurances that the Subrecipient selects. Note that by an opinion of the North Carolina Attorney <br /> General's office, all Federal requirements have been passed down to State funded assistance. <br /> Be aware that these Certifications and Assurances have been prepared in light of <br /> • FTA's latest authorization legislation, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act(MAP-21), Pub. L. <br /> 112-141,June 6, 2012; <br /> • The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (CR), Pub, L, 112-175, September 28, 2012; <br /> • The FTA "Notice of FTA Transit Program Changes,Authorized Funding Levels and Implementation of the <br /> Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act(MAP-21) and the FTA FY2013 Apportionments, j <br /> Allocations, Program Information and Interim Guidance," 77 Fed. Reg. 663670, October 16, 2012 (FTA FY <br /> 2013 Apportionments Notice); and <br /> • FTA's authorizing legislation in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year. <br /> With certain exceptions,projects financed in FFY 2013 with funds made available or appropriated for FFY 2012 or <br /> a previous fiscal year must be in compliance with the requirements for that type of project in effect for the fiscal <br /> year for which the funding was derived, except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply <br /> instead. <br /> The Applicant must submit its Certifications and Assurances by completing and submitting the selection and <br /> signature pages at the end of this document, as well as the complete document: 1) Certifications andAssurances <br /> selection page; 2)Affirmation of Applicant; 3)Affirmation of Applicant's Attorney; 4) Certifications and <br /> Restrictions on Lobbying; and 5) Certification of Equivalent Service. <br /> i <br /> 1 <br /> i <br /> i <br />