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PART I -ASSURANCES ANO CERTIFICATIONS Section (1) • ASSURANCES -NON-CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS: NOTE: Some of these auurancas may not De applicable to your project a program. 11 you have questions, please contact the awaniing agency. Some Federal awarding agencies may require applicants to certify to additional assurances. 1I such is the case, you will be notified. As the duly authorized representative of the applicant, 1 certify that the applicant: (1) Has the legal authority to apply for Federal Assistance, and the institutions! managerial and financial capability (including lunds sufficient to pay the non- Federal share of project costs) to ensure proper planning, management and completion o/ the project described in this application. (2) Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the United States, and it appropriate, the State, through any authorized representative, access to and the right to examine all records, books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards or agency directives. (3) WiU establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using their posdions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appeare~ce of personal or organizational conBict o/interest, or personal gain. (4) Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable time frame aRer receipt of approval of the awarding agency. (5) Wll comply with the Infergovemmental Personnel Act 011970 (42 U.S.C.4728- 4763) relating to prescribed standands for merit systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes or regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a Merit System o/ Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900, Subpart F). (6) Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: (a) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P. L. 88.352) which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b) Title IX of the Education Amendments 011972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (P. L. 92.255) as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of drug abuse; the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (P. L. 91.616) as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) 523 and 527 of the Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd.3 and 290 ee-3), as amended, relating fo con(dentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records; (h) Title Vlll of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) as amended, relating to . ,