[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 43, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 43CFR12.225] [Page 317-318] TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR PART 12--ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS AND COST PRINCIPLES FOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Subpart D--Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants) Sec. 12.225 Failure to adhere to restrictions. (a) Except as permitted under Sec. 12.215 or Sec. 12.220, a participant shall not [[Page 318]] knowingly do business under a covered transaction with a person who is-- (1) Debarred or suspended; (2) Proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4; or (3) Ineligible for or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction. (b) Violation of the restriction under paragraph (a) of this section may result in disallowance of costs, annulment or termination of award, issuance of a stop work order, debarment or suspension, or other remedies as appropriate. (c) A participant may rely upon the certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it and its principals are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction (See Appendix B of these regulations), unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. An agency has the burden of proof that a participant did knowingly do business with a person that filed an erroneous certification. [60 FR 33041, 33061, June 26, 1995] Debarment