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a. Applicability of This Section 55. The Recipient understands and agrees that this section 55 of this Master Agreement applies to projects supported with funding appropriated or made available for former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year, which authorized the previous Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program,

b. Former 49 U.S.C. § 5307. The Recipient understands and agrees that the Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program, authorized by former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year:

(1) Provides less availability of funding for public transportation operations than is available under MAP-21,

(2) Does not authorize the funding of projects and activities focused primarily on job access and reverse commute, and

(3) Does not recognize streetscaping as an eligible transit enhancement,

c. Federal Laws, Regulations, and Guidance. In administering its Project or Project activities under the Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program supported with funding made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year:

(1) The Recipient agrees to comply with:

(a) The program and eligibility requirements applicable to the Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program, former 49 U.S.C. § 5307, for that fiscal year in which the Federal

appropriations were then or will be made available for its Urbanized Area Project and Project activities,

(b) Other applicable Federal laws and regulations, and

(c) Its Underlying Agreement, and section 49 and all other applicable provisions of this Master Agreement, and

(2) The Recipient agrees to follow:

(a) The applicable edition of FTA Circular 9030.1, “Urbanized Area Formula Program: Program Guidance and Application Instructions,” to the extent consistent with: 1 The program and eligibility requirements of the Urbanized Area Formula

Program formerly authorized under former 49 U.S.C. § 5307, for that fiscal year in which funding was appropriated or made available for the Project,

2 The MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements listed in section 49 of this Master Agreement, and

3 Applicable Federal laws, regulations, and guidance, and (b) All other applicable Federal guidance, and

d. Other Special Provisions for Urbanized Area Formula Projects in Effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a Previous Fiscal Year. The Recipient understands and agrees to the following:

(1) Fares and Services. The Recipient must have and use its established administrative process to solicit and consider public comment before increasing fares or instituting a major reduction of service,

(2) Audit Requirements. The Recipient agrees that the Federal Government or the

Recipient, through an independent entity, will conduct audits that apply the U.S. GAO, “Government Auditing Standards,” such as:

(a) Annual reviews and audits required by former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year,

(b) “Single Annual Audits” required by The Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 31 U.S.C. § 7501 et seq., under the standards of U.S. OMB Circular A-133, until U.S. DOT promulgates new regulations, 2 C.F.R. part 1201 that will supersede and apply in lieu of 49 C.F.R. parts 18 and 19, and

(c) More frequent reviews and audits required by other laws and regulations and as provided in Federal guidance,

(3) Half-Fare Requirements. The Recipient agrees that it must ensure that during its non-peak hours, a fare not exceeding fifty (50) percent of the peak hour fare for the use in service of, or involving a facility or equipment of its Project financed under former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year, will be charged to any:

(a) Senior (Elderly Individual),

(b) Individual who, because of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other incapacity or temporary or permanent disability (including an individual who is a wheelchair user or has semi-ambulatory capability), cannot use a public

transportation service or a public transportation facility effectively without special facilities, planning, or design, or

(c) Individual presenting a Medicare card issued to that individual under title II or title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq., respectively,

(4) Public Transportation Security. If the Recipient receives funding made available or appropriated for Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year for former 49 U.S.C. § 5307, it must ensure that:

(a) Each fiscal year, the Designated Recipients in the urbanized area will spend at least one percent of the total former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 funding apportioned to the

urbanized area for public transportation security projects as described in former 49 U.S.C. § 5307(d)(1)(J)(i) in effect in Fiscal Year 2012 or a previous fiscal year, or

(b) The Designated Recipients in that urbanized area have determined that it is unnecessary to incur those expenses for public transportation security projects, (5) Transit Enhancements. If the Recipient receives former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 funding

apportioned for an urbanized area with 200,000 or more population, it must ensure that: (a) Each fiscal year, the Designated Recipients in the urbanized area spend at least

one percent of the total former 49 U.S.C. § 5307 funding apportioned to the

urbanized area for transit enhancements as described in former 49 U.S.C. § 5302(a) ineffect in Fiscal Year 2012 or apreviousFiscalYearinwhichformerSAFETEA-LU requirements apply, and

(b) The Designated Recipients submit an annual report listing the projects carried out in the preceding fiscal year with those Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program funds, (6) Reporting Requirements. The Recipient agrees and assures as follows:

(a) National Transit Database. For each fiscal year it receives or provides to any public transportation operator funding for the Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program, it will require the public transportation operators participating in its Project to comply with the National Database requirements of section 8.c of this Master Agreement, (b) Transit Asset Management. It will comply with FTA’s Transit Asset Management

Program regulations when implemented pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 5326, as amended by MAP-21, and

(c) Other Regulations and Guidance. It will comply with any other applicable Federal reporting regulations and follow all applicable Federal guidance,

(7) Public Transportation Emergency Relief Project Requirements. For a Project that addresses an emergency defined by 49 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(2), as amended by MAP-21, and is supported with funding made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. § 5307, the Recipient agrees to:

(a) Use that funding only for expenses that are not reimbursed under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq., (b) Comply with FTA regulations, “Emergency Relief,” 49 C.F.R. part 602,

(c) Comply with the terms and conditions that FTA determines necessary for the Project, and

(d) Follow Federal guidance, and

(8) Participation of Subrecipients. The Recipient agrees to enter into a written agreement with each Subrecipient, which agreement includes provisions that describe the

Subrecipient’s responsibilities and assures that the Subrecipient will not compromise the Recipient’s compliance with:

(a) Any Federal requirements that apply to the Project, and

(b) The Recipient’s commitments under its Underlying Agreement and this Master Agreement.

Section 56. Special Provisions for the Passenger Ferry Grant Program. Except as FTA