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<br />vi <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />0531 <br /> <br />race, color, national or~g~n, age, sex, religion, ma=:~al <br />stat~s, or handicap be excluded from participatic~ i~, be <br />denie~ the benefits of, or be otherwise subjecte~ ~o <br />disc=:mination under any program or activity rece:vi~g <br />Fede=al financial assistance from the Department of <br />Agric~lture or any agency thereof. <br /> <br />14. Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace <br />Requirements (7 CFR 3017.Subpart F.l <br /> <br />By s:gning this wate=shed agreement, the sponsors are <br />prov:ding the certification set out below. If it is later <br />dete~ined that the sponsors knowingly rendered a false <br />cert:fication, or otherwise violated the require~ents of the <br />Drug-Free Workplace Act, the NRCS, in addition to any other <br />reme~:es available to the Federal Government, may take <br />action authorized under the Drug-Free Workplace Act. <br /> <br />Controlled substance means a controlled subs~ance in <br />Sche~ules I through V of the Controlled Substances Ace (21 <br />U.S.C. 812) and as further defined by regulation (21 C~R <br />1308.11 through 1308.15); <br /> <br />Conviction means a finding of (including a p:ea of nolo <br />contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any <br />judicial body charged with the responsibility to dete~ine <br />violations of the Federal or State criminal drug statues; <br /> <br />Criminal drug statute means a Federal or non-Fe~eral <br />crim:nal statute involving the manufacturing, distribution, <br />dispensing, use, or possession of any controlled substance; <br /> <br />Employee means the employee of a grantee di=ectly <br />engaged in the performance of work under a grant, including: <br />(i) all direct charge employees; (ii) all indirec~ charge <br />employees unless their impact or involvement is <br />insig~ificant to the performance of the grant; an~ (iiil <br />temporary personnel and consultants who are direc~ly engaged <br />in t~e performance of work under the grant and wee are on <br />the grantee's payroll. This definition does not include <br />workers not on the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, <br />even if used to meet a matching requirement; consultants or <br />independent contractors not on the grantees' payroll; or <br />employees of subrecipients or subcontractors in covered <br />workplaces) . <br /> <br />Certification: <br /> <br />A. The sponsors certify that they will or will <br />cont:nue to provide a drug-free workplace by: <br /> <br />(1) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the <br />unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, <br />or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the <br />