Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Part II
Department of
Transportation
Federal Transit Administration
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c. Effect of Subrecipient Participation. effect, whichever occurs later. If, not award Federal financial assistance
Absent a written determination by FTA however, the Applicant provides through a Federal Grant or Cooperative
to the contrary, the Applicant itself is Certifications and Assurances to FTA in Agreement until the Applicant submits
ultimately responsible for compliance a later year that differ from the all of the FTA Certifications and
with the FTA Certifications and Certifications and Assurances Assurances for Federal FY 2008
Assurances it has selected even though previously provided, the later pertaining to itself and its project as
the Project may be carried out in whole Certifications and Assurances will apply required by Federal laws and
or in part by one or more subrecipients. to the Grant, Cooperative Agreement, regulations. The Applicant’s
Thus, if subrecipients will be Project, or Project property, except to Certifications and Assurances Federal
participating in the Project, when the the extent FTA permits otherwise in Fiscal Year 2008 will be applicable to
Applicant submits its FTA Certifications writing. all projects for which it seeks Federal
and Assurances, the Applicant is also (2) Penalties for Noncompliance. If assistance during Federal FY 2008 and
signifying that it will be responsible for the Recipient makes a false, fictitious, or through the next fiscal year until FTA
compliance both by itself and by each fraudulent claim, statement, issues its annual Certifications and
of its subrecipients with the provisions submission, certification, assurance, or Assurances for Federal FY 2009.
of the FTA Certifications and representation to the Federal c. Federal FY 2008 Changes. Apart
Assurances it has selected. Thus, in Government or includes a false, from minor editorial revisions, FTA’s
providing Certifications and Assurances fictitious, or fraudulent statement or Certifications and Assurances for
that necessarily involve the compliance representation in any agreement with Federal FY 2008 have been modified to
of any prospective subrecipient, FTA the Federal Government in connection permit use in nearly all FTA assisted
strongly recommends that the Applicant with a Project authorized under 49 programs. Significant changes are set
take the appropriate measures, U.S.C. chapter 53 or any other Federal forth below:
including but not limited to obtaining law, the Federal Government reserves (1) In the Introductory paragraphs
sufficient documentation from each the right to impose on the Recipient the preceding the text of FTA’s
subrecipient, to assure the validity of penalties of the Program Fraud Civil Certifications and Assurances, the FTA
the Applicant’s Certifications and Remedies Act of 1986, as amended, 31 Web site for the FTA Master Agreement
Assurances to FTA. U.S.C. 3801 et seq., and implementing for Federal FY 2008 is identified as
U.S. DOT regulations, ‘‘Program Fraud http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/14-
3. Significant Information About FTA’s Civil Remedies,’’ 49 CFR Part 31, or the Master.pdf.
Certifications and Assurances for penalties of 49 U.S.C. 5323(l) invoking (2) Subcategory 01.C, the
Federal FY 2008 the criminal fraud provisions of 18 Intergovernmental Review Assurance
a. Legal Implications. U.S.C. 1001, or other applicable Federal has been modified to exempt an Indian
(1) Binding Commitments. Because law to the extent the Federal tribe applying for Tribal Transit
the Applicant is required by Federal law Government deems appropriate. Program assistance authorized by 49
and regulations to comply with the (3) FTA’s Certifications and U.S.C. 5311(c)(1) from
applicable provisions of all FTA Assurances Constitute Only a Partial intergovernmental reviews by States.
Certifications and Assurances it List of Federal Requirements. FTA (3) Category 08 setting forth the
submits, it is important that the cautions that the FTA Certifications and Charter Service Agreement has been
Applicant be familiar with the Assurances required by Federal law and amended to exempt the Job Access and
provisions of all twenty-four (24) regulations do not address all the Reverse Commute Program authorized
categories of FTA’s Certifications and Federal requirements that will apply to by 49 U.S.C. 5316 from FTA’s charter
Assurances for Federal FY 2008. The the Applicant and its Project. FTA’s service restrictions.
text of those Certifications and Certifications and Assurances are (4) The title of Category 18 has been
Assurances is contained in Appendix A generally pre-award requirements, i.e., modified to emphasize that the
of this Notice, and also appears at those requirements of Federal law and Nonurbanized Area Formula Program
http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/ regulations the Applicant must fulfill certifications and assurances therein
2008–Certs-Appendix.A.pdf, and in before FTA is legally authorized to make apply to FTA’s State Program, and not
FTA’s electronic award and an award of Federal financial assistance. FTA’s Tribal Transit Program.
management system, TEAM–Web, (4) Other Federal Requirements. (5) A new Category 22 has been added
http://ftateamweb.fta.dot.gov, at the Because FTA’s Certifications and for special certifications and assurances
‘‘Cert’s & Assurances’’ tab of the ‘‘View/ Assurances do not encompass all required of applicants for the Tribal
Modify Recipients’’ page in the Federal requirements that will apply to Transit Assistance Program authorized
‘‘Recipients’’ option. Provisions of this the Applicant and its Project, FTA by 49 U.S.C. 5311(c)(1). Former
Notice supersede conflicting statements strongly encourages the Applicant to Categories 22 and 23 of FTA
in any FTA circular containing a review the Federal authorizing Certifications and Assurances have been
previous version of FTA’s annual legislation, regulations, and directives re-numbered Categories 23 and 24,
Certifications and Assurances. The pertaining to the program or programs respectively.
Certifications and Assurances contained for which the Applicant seeks Federal d. When to Submit. All Applicants for
in those FTA circulars are merely assistance. The FTA Master Agreement FTA formula program or capital
examples, and are not acceptable or for Federal FY 2008 at http:// program assistance, and current FTA
valid for Federal FY 2008. www.fta.dot.gov/documents/14– Grantees with an active project financed
An Applicant’s annual Certifications Master.pdf identifies a substantial with FTA formula program or capital
and Assurances to FTA generally number of those Federal laws, program assistance, are expected to
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remain in effect for either the duration regulations, and directives that apply to provide their FTA Certifications and
of the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Applicants and their various projects. Assurances for Federal FY 2008 within
supporting the Project until the Project b. Importance of FTA’s Certifications 90 days from the date of this publication
is closed out or for the duration of the and Assurances for Federal FY 2008. or as soon as feasible after their first
Project or Project property when a Following publication of these application for Federal assistance
useful life or industry standard is in Certifications and Assurances, FTA may authorized or made available during
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Federal FY 2008, whichever is earlier. Within the ‘‘Cert’s & Assurances’’ tab Applicant may signify compliance with
In addition, FTA encourages Applicants is a field for the Applicant’s authorized all categories by placing a single mark
seeking Federal financial assistance for representative to enter his or her in the appropriate space or select the
other projects to submit their personal identification number (PIN), categories applicable to itself and its
Certifications and Assurances to FTA as which constitutes the Applicant’s projects.
soon as possible to expedite awards of electronic signature for the FTA The Applicant must enter its
FTA assistance. Certifications and Assurances it has signature on the Signature Page(s) and
selected. In addition, there is a field for must provide an Affirmation of
4. Ways To Submit FTA’s Certifications the Applicant’s attorney to enter his or
and Assurances Applicant’s Attorney pertaining to the
her PIN, affirming the Applicant’s legal Applicant’s legal capacity to make and
As further explained, FTA will accept authority to make and comply with the comply with the Certifications and
an Applicant’s Certifications and FTA Certifications and Assurances the Assurances the Applicant has selected.
Assurances submitted either in TEAM– Applicant has selected. The Applicant’s The Applicant may enter its signature in
Web at http://ftateamweb.fta.dot.gov, or authorized representative may enter his lieu of its Attorney’s signature in the
on paper that contains the text set forth or her PIN in lieu of the Attorney’s PIN, Affirmation of Applicant’s Attorney
on the Signature Page(s) of Appendix A provided that the Applicant has on file section of the Signature Page(s),
of this Notice. In order of preference, a current Affirmation of Applicant’s provided that the Applicant has on file
FTA permits: Attorney as set forth in Appendix A of the Affirmation of Applicant’s Attorney
this Notice, written and signed by the as set forth in Appendix A of this
a. Electronic Submission in Team–
attorney in Federal FY 2008. Notice, written and signed by the
Web. An Applicant registered in TEAM– For more information, the Applicant
Web must submit its Certifications and attorney and dated in Federal FY 2008.
may contact the appropriate FTA
Assurances, as well as its applications Regional Office or Metropolitan Office For more information, the Applicant
for Federal assistance in TEAM–Web. listed in this Notice or the TEAM–Web may contact the appropriate FTA
FTA prefers that other Applicants for Helpdesk. Regional Office or Metropolitan Office
Federal assistance submit their FTA b. Paper Submission. Only if the listed in this Notice.
Certifications and Assurances through Applicant is unable to submit its FTA Authority: 49 U.S.C. chapter 53; the Safe,
TEAM–Web. Certifications and Assurances in Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
The TEAM–Web ‘‘Recipients’’ option TEAM–Web may the Applicant submit Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
at the ‘‘Cert’s & Assurances’’ tab of the its FTA Certifications and Assurances Users (SAFETEA–LU); Title 23, United States
‘‘View/Modify Recipients’’ page on paper. Code (Highways); other Federal laws
contains fields for selecting among the If an Applicant is unable to submit its administered by FTA; U.S. DOT and FTA
regulations at Title 49, Code of Federal
twenty-four (24) categories of FTA FTA Certifications and Assurances Regulations; and FTA Circulars.
Certifications and Assurances to be electronically, it must mark the
submitted. There is also a field for categories of FTA Certifications and Dated: October 22, 2007.
entering a single selection covering all Assurances it is making on the James S. Simpson,
twenty-four (24) categories of FTA Signature Page(s) in Appendix A of this Administrator.
Certifications and Assurances. Notice and submit them to FTA. The BILLING CODE 4910–57–P
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