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State Fiscal Year 2012 Community Transportation Programs Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurance As required by 49 U.S.C. 5323(b), for a proposed capital project that will substantially affect a community, or the public transportation service of a community, the Applicant certifies that it has, or before submitting its application, it will have: A. Provided an adequate opportunity for public review and comment on the proposed project; B. After providing notice, including a concise description of the proposed project, published in a newspaper of general circulation in the geographic area to be served, held a public hearing on the project if the project affects significant economic, social, or environmental interests; C. Considered the economic, social, and environmental effects of the proposed project; and D. Determined that the proposed project is consistent with official plans for developing the community. 06. ACQUISITION OF ROLLING STOCK FOR USE IN REVENUE SERVICE An Applicant seeking State or Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53 to acquire arty rolling stock for use in revenue service is required to provide the following certification. NCDOT may not award arty State or Federal assistance to acquire such rolling stock until the Applicant provides this certification by selecting Category "06. " As required by 49 U.S.C. 5323(m) and implementing FTA regulations, "Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits of Rolling Stock Purchases," 49 CFR part 663, at 49 CFR 663.7, the Applicant certifies that it will comply with the requirements of 49 CFR part 663 as modified by amendments authorized by section 3023(k) of SAFETEA-LU when procuring revenue service rolling stock. Among other things, the Applicant agrees to conduct or cause to be conducted the requisite pre-award and post delivery reviews, and maintain on file the certifications required by 49 CFR part 663, subparts B, C, and D. 07. ACQUISITION OF CAPITAL ASSETS BY LEASE An Applicant that intends to request the use of State or Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53 to acquire capital assets by lease is required to provide the following certiftcations. NCDOT may not provide State or Federal assistance to support those costs until the Applicant provides this certification by selecting Category "07. " As required by FTA regulations, "Capital Leases," 49 CFR part 639, at 49 CFR 639.15(b)(1) and 49 CFR 639.21, if the Applicant acquires any capital asset by lease financed with Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, the Applicant certifies as follows: (1) It will not use Federal assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53 to finance the cost of leasing any capital asset until it performs calculations demonstrating that leasing the capital asset would be more cost- effective than purchasing or constructing a similar asset; and it will complete these calculations before entering into the lease or before receiving a capital grant for the asset, whichever is later; and (2) It will not enter into a capital lease for which FTA can provide only incremental Federal assistance unless it has adequate financial resources to meet its future obligations under the lease if Federal assistance is not available for capital projects in the subsequent years. 08. BUS TESTING An Applicant for State or Federal assistance appropriated or made available for 49 U.S.C. chapter S3 to acquire arty new bus model or arty bus model with a new major change in configuration or components is required to provide the following certification. NCDOT may not provide State or Federal assistance for the acquisition of arty new bus model or bus model with a major change until the Applicant provides this certification by selecting Category "08. " 11 As required by 49 U.S.C. 5318 and FTA regulations, "Bus Testing," at 49 CFR 665.7, the Applicant certifies that, before expending any Federal assistance to acquire the first bus of any new bus model or any bus model with a new