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� <br /> state or local law to each private mass transportation company for its franchise or property acquired under the � <br /> project, a nonprocurement suspension and debarment certification, a bus testing certification for new models; <br /> a pre-award and post-delivery review certification, and a lobbying certification for each application exceeding <br /> $100,000. <br /> M. The Grantee recognizes FTA's and IDOT's authority to conduct audits to verify compliance with the foregoing <br /> requirements and stipulations. <br /> XIV. CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FOR THE NONURBANIZED AREA FORMULA PROGRAM <br /> The Grantee administering the Nonurbanized Area Formula Program authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5311 certifies and <br /> assures that the following requirements and conditions will be fulfilled: <br /> A. The Grantee will have the necessary legal, financial, and managerial capability to apply for, receive and <br /> disburse federal assistance authorized for 49 U.S.C. 5311; and to implement and manage the project. <br /> B. The Grantee assures that sufficient non-federal funds have been or will be committed to provide the required <br /> tocal share. <br /> C. The Grantee has, or will have by the time of delivery, sufficient funds to operate and maintain the vehicles and <br /> equipment purchased with federal assistance authorized for this project. <br /> D. The Grantee has, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinated with other transportation providers and users, <br /> including social service agencies authorized to purchase transit service. <br /> E. The Grantee is in compliance with all applicable civil rights requirements, and has signed the <br /> Nondiscrimination Assurance. <br /> F. The Grantee will comply with applicable requirements of U.S. DOT regulations on participation of <br /> disadvantaged business enterprise in U.S. DOT programs. <br /> G. The Grantee will comply with all existing federal requirements regarding transportation of elderly persons and <br /> persons with disabilities. The Grantee has provided to the IDOT an Assurance of Nondiscrimination on the <br /> Basis of Disability, as set forth in the Certifications and Assurances required of each Grantee for FTA <br /> assistance in Category I of this document. If non-accessible vehicles are being purchased for use by a public <br /> entity in demand responsive service for the general public, the state will obtain from the Grantee a <br /> "Certification of Equivalent Service, " which states that the public entity's demand responsive service offered <br /> to persons with disabilities, including persons who use wheelchairs, meets the standards of equivalent service <br /> set forth in 40 CFR Section 37.77(c). <br /> H. The Grantee has complied with the transit employee protective provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5333(b), by one of the <br /> following actions: (1) signing the Special Warranty for the Nonu�banized Area Formula Program, (2) agreeing <br /> to alternative comparable arrangements approved by the Department of Labor (DOL), or (3) obtaining a <br /> waiver from DOL, and the state has certified the Grantee's compliance to DOL. <br /> I. The Grantee has certified to the state that it will comply with 49 CFR 604 in the provision of any charter <br /> service provided with equipment or facilities acquired with FTA assistance, and will also comply with <br /> applicable provisions of 49 CFR part 605 pertaining to school transportation operations. (See Category VII, <br /> "Charter Bus AgreemenY' and Category VIII, "School Bus Agreement.")) <br /> J. Unless otherwise noted, each of the Grantee's projects qualifies for a categorical exclusion and does not <br /> require further environmental approvals, as described in the joint FHWA/FTA regulations, "Environmental <br /> Impact and Related Procedures," at 23 CFR 771.117(c). The Grantee further agrees that no financial <br /> assistance will be provided for a project requiring a conformity finding in accordance witli the Environmental <br /> Protection Agency's Clean Air Conformity regulations at 40 CFR parts 51 and 93, until FTA makes the <br /> required conformity finding. <br /> K. The Grantee has submitted (or will submit) all applicable certifications and assurances currently required, <br /> including but not limited to: a certification that its procurements and procurement system will comply with all <br /> f2EV:1/8/99 12 <br />